publish
verb (used with object)
to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
had published
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past perfectof publish.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The couple shouldn’t be referred to as His or Her Royal Highness, the letter said, adding it had published the guidance to “help avoid doubt or confusion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It threw out the schedule it had published two weeks earlier and started buying back long-term bonds in an effort to push the rate down.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The paper had published stories alleging that the Qatari-gifted plane was not secure enough, and the Secret Service urged Trump to switch planes on his way home from a Nato summit in Turkey.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
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
