boost
verb (used with object)
to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below.
was boosting
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past progressiveof boost.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Sandisk also said its board approved a $6 billion stock buyback program, while Western Digital also said it was boosting its quarterly dividend by 20% to 15 cents a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The company also announced that it was boosting its quarterly dividend by 2%, to 42 cents a share.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
Boardmasters said in a Facebook post it was boosting security personnel to "crowd and behaviour management positions" by 20% for the event taking place between 6-10 August.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
She said that the state was boosting outreach to test farmworkers but its efforts were complicated by systemic issues like precarious employment that renders them vulnerable to getting fired for calling out sick.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
Tayo felt like a little kid; he felt eight again, and Josiah was boosting him onto the back of Siow’s pinto.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
