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had been upgrading
  • past perfect progressive of upgrade.

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Last week, 38 North, a North Korea monitoring project affiliated with Washington’s Stimson Center think tank, said satellite imagery showed the North had been upgrading its Yongbyon nuclear complex.

From Reuters • Jul. 2, 2018

Workers had been upgrading science labs at the school.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2015