relocate
verb (used with object)
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location.
had been relocating
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past perfect progressiveof relocate.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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Construction officials said one challenge during the demolition had been relocating the roughly 20 homeless people who returned nightly to the complex’s buildings, vacant since 2015.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
