reimburse
verb (used with object)
to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred.
had been reimbursing
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past perfect progressiveof reimburse.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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The federal government had been reimbursing states — many of them struggling from large drops in tax revenue — for only 75 percent of their National Guard costs associated with coronavirus relief.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
Kurdistan’s regional government had been reimbursing impoverished Yazidi families who paid up to $15,000 in fees to smugglers to rescue their relatives, or the ransoms demanded by individual fighters to give up the captives.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2016
For some years, Ewing Township had been reimbursing parents out of tax money for bus fares paid by their children traveling to & from school.
From Time Magazine Archive
