issue
noun
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution.
had been issuing
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past perfect progressiveof issue.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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Friends of Big Bear Valley had been issuing warnings ahead of Independence Day, saying it was opposed to a local fireworks that would result in “devastation created for 30 minutes of instant gratification.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2025
Open and Australian Open, already had been issuing equal prize money for years.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022
But other people had been issuing this “challenge” all over Facebook in 2020, according to a search I did — here’s a post from one user last October.
From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2021
He closed the column with the same call to action he had been issuing for nearly three decades.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
Joseph Goebbels, the composer of blustery Nazi propaganda, had been issuing nonsense statements for years.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
