had published
- past perfect of publish.
Example Sentences
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On the day Waldorf was admitted to the hospital, ProPublica had published an investigation on the death of Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old medical assistant who died of infection after doctors delayed emptying her uterus.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
"The positions of Russia and China are not identical. Their interests do not always coincide," the Russian government newspaper had conceded: the same edition that had published the photo of Putin and Xi side-by-side.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Analysts said no other country had published such a clear and comprehensive plan and it sent an important signal at a moment when countries are reassessing their reliance on fossil fuels.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
At 72, she had published 20 books, seven of them works of fiction, and she’d even sold one novel, “Younger,” as a hit television series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
There had been earlier attempts to build communities whose goal was to advance knowledge: sixteenth-century doctors, for example, had formed networks and had published the resulting correspondence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
