change
verb (used with object)
to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.
had been changing
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past perfect progressiveof change.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Although the area had been zoned for industrial purposes, it had been changing, with new restaurants opening up around the corner.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
Things had been changing so rapidly and deteriorating so quickly.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2020
They found that the emergence of new pathogens tended to happen in places where a dense population had been changing the landscape—by building roads and mines, cutting down forests and intensifying agriculture.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 11, 2020
He added, however, that many police departments had been changing their policies even before the Supreme Court ruling.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2014
Vernon Dursley had been changing his mind every twenty-four hours for the past four weeks, packing and unpacking and repacking the car with every change of heart.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
