had been debating
- past perfect progressive of debate.
Example Sentences
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This is a subject I had been debating whether to mention.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2023
“Archaeologists had been debating the origins of the Swahili people,” Brielle says, “and the whole time they had their own story—which, it turns out, might not be mythology.”
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2023
Before Amazon’s executive team made the decision to freeze hiring, AWS executives had been debating implementing their own curbs, conversations that were going on regardless of the souring economic outlook, Garman said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
In Kansas, lawmakers had been debating sports gambling since 2018, but betting companies held out for sweeter deals, and the bills stalled.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
Brown went out, and soon returned with a request that I should discuss the question that Mr. Chapman and his wife had been debating.
From Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler by Boggs, John, Elder
