update
verb (used with object)
to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections.
had been updating
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past perfect progressiveof update.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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He had been updating fans over the day on his Instagram story on his efforts to get to Glasgow.
From BBC ● May 4, 2024
Mayor Karen Bass had been updating residents on the state of the storm when the president suddenly called her.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Union leaders said they had run out of patience with how the company had been updating the technology systems.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
More convincingly, I had been updating my father regularly on my brother and sister-in-law’s journey to be there as I received word in texts — the flight delay, rental car line, traffic.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
He had been updating his followers on Twitter about his trip so when he did not post anything for days, the #FindAluvha campaigned was launched.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2019
