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had been grossing
  • past perfect progressive of gross.

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Plywood had been grossing more than $1,000,000 annually for seven years when in 1932 Seattle bankers asked Ottinger to take over a big plywood mill that faced bankruptcy.

From Time Magazine Archive

For years, his butcher shop on D�sseldorf's Rethelstrasse, manned by his two sons and his bleached-blonde wife, Anna, had been grossing $2,000 a week.

From Time Magazine Archive