share
noun
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
had been sharing
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past perfect progressiveof share.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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Anthropic’s probe came after Bloomberg News reported that a small number of people had been sharing access to the model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Responding to public pressure, some places like Santa Cruz canceled their contracts after realizing that they had been sharing their data more broadly than they had known, including with federal authorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
After Vlad's death his family were shocked to discover he had been sharing his "dark moments" with people online.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Ms. al-Kurd, 37, speaking by telephone, said she, her sister, brother-in-law, and four nieces and nephews abandoned the tent they had been sharing “without taking anything with us,” and headed to Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Among them were Alvarez and Serber, who had been sharing a tent on Tinian for two months, preparing for their assignment tending gauges to be dropped by parachute with the bomb itself.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
