was categorizing
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past progressiveof categorize.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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So, 35 years after the bombings of those Japanese cities, the Energy Department — the agency in charge of nuclear weaponry — was categorizing them as "tests."
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2023
The only challenge I found was categorizing content.
From Forbes ● Dec. 19, 2011
The hardest thing was categorizing them because there's a lot of educational stuff that we wanted to include in the show.
From Time Magazine Archive
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