conduct
noun
personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
had been conducting
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past perfect progressiveof conduct.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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Rather, Júaregui said the two U.S. staffers had been conducting a drone-training exercise in a town, Polanco, that is a six-and-a-half-hour drive away from the site where the raid occurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
As tensions with Iran rose mid-January, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group, which had been conducting routine exercises in the South China Sea, was directed to sail to the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Rapper and TV personality Zuu had been conducting punditry duties until half-time, and predicted he would score before stepping on to the pitch.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025
Ski patrol had been conducting avalanche control assessment on the terrain, he said, including evaluating weather conditions, the snowpack, wind speed and direction, and setting up safety and hazard markings since Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
All these facts are known because the Fisheries Research Board of Canada had been conducting a salmon study on the Northwest Miramichi since 1950.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
