had been forecasting
- past perfect progressive of forecast.
Example Sentences
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Stripping out one-time items, adjusted earnings were $1.58 a share, a penny lower than what analysts had been forecasting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
At the midpoint, that’s just above the €25.62 billion that analysts had been forecasting.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had been forecasting a larger drop to 54.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
At the start of the year, experts had been forecasting a series of interest rate cuts in the US.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
And with the start of school came the "summer slump" that our irritable neighbor, Mr. Featherbrain, had been forecasting.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy