wage
noun
Often wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.
had been waging
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past perfect progressiveof wage.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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It didn’t say that for three years Nike had been waging a fierce courtroom fight to keep a trove of internal documents under seal and out of the public eye.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
Jackie Robinson had been waging a campaign for a Black manager for years and often in more pointed language than his polite plea at the 1972 World Series.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
By that time, the United States had been waging war in Vietnam for more than a decade, having ramped up operations in 1965.
From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2020
Before JBS joined the fray, Tom DeWeese, founder of the American Policy Center, which focuses on “environmental policy and its effect on private property,” had been waging an almost one-man anti-Agenda 21 campaign.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2015
For the last few minutes a great battle had been waging in Cecil Tresilyan’s heart.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
