release
verb (used with object)
to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go.
had been releasing
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past perfect progressiveof release.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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Defending its advert, Calvin Klein said it had been similar to those it had been releasing in the UK for many years.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
The plant had been releasing ethylene oxide from 1985 until it was temporarily shut down by the state in 2019 after authorities detected the gas nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Tank and the Bangas had been releasing music for years but earned national recognition after winning the 2017 NPR Tiny Desk Contest with unanimous approval.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2021
Anderson Reservoir had been releasing as much water as possible through its main outlet since Jan. 9.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2017
Toward midday a sea-plane which had been releasing depth-bombs and hovering eagerly above the wide iridescent and spreading stain, sheered shoreward and shot along the coast.
From In Secret by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
