review
noun
a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
had been reviewing
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past perfect progressiveof review.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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Prosecutors had been reviewing conversations between the suspect, Phoenix Ikner, and ChatGPT.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Lee’s team had been reviewing the findings since Dec. 14, when the former U.S. attorney he hired to investigate submitted the report.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Greater Manchester Police said it had been reviewing evidence on CCTV, body-worn video, mobile phone footage, and witness statements of the incident which happened on 16 October.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2022
At the time of the Turner concert, I’d been writing about music for more than a decade, and had been reviewing shows regularly for The Times for a few months.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
Fadi added a few finishing touches to his drawings of amoebas and other single-celled micro-organisms, which the class had been reviewing.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
