figure
noun
a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
had been figuring
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past perfect progressiveof figure.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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His committee chairmen had been figuring out what to do if the justices ruled their way, he said, and now needed to refocus their efforts.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2015
Cora had been figuring on Sam’s news all day, holding it up to the light like a hideous bauble, tilting it so.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
But the little man had been figuring, too, and his arrangements were more elaborate and more nearly completed than McGann suspected.
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by White, Stewart Edward
Then, as he crumpled up the paper on which he had been figuring, I caught a glimpse of the other side of it.
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.
In one form or another it had been figuring in the news for nearly two years.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
