consolidate
verb (used with object)
to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine.
had been consolidating
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past perfect progressiveof consolidate.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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Two weeks before, the British had captured Bengasi, and for two weeks the Imperial Army of the Nile had been consolidating its conquests.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had been consolidating their forces as well as learning how to use them.
From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin
Passing among these business people and driving amid the quick crowds, the Prince had been consolidating the sense of intimate friendship that had sprung up on the previous day.
From Westward with the Prince of Wales by W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas) Newton
