promote
verb (used with object)
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further.
had been promoting
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past perfect progressiveof promote.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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Zerbo said the system had been "promoting division among citizens and weakening the social fabric".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Setzer, prior to sharing his health update, had been promoting both Stray Cats’ and his own solo work, including a remastering of his 2000 album “Vavoom!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
The Cougs had gone through a very tough year, and the Huskies had been promoting “Pasadena ’83” since before the season had begun.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
When we recorded the Gridlocked interview with Goldstein, he had just returned home from the Venice Film Festival where he had been promoting his new film collaboration, "Nuclear Now," with director Oliver Stone.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
His father was plunging happily into it as though he had been promoting companies all his life.
From The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
