cite
verb (used with object)
to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority.
was citing
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past progressiveof cite.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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A few hours later, Lai’s office pivoted and clarified that the president was citing international assessments and U.S. congressional reports rather than predicting a launch date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
By 2018, the Supreme Court was citing dictionary definitions in half of its opinions, up dramatically from prior years, according to Mark A. Lemley, a professor at Stanford Law School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
The state department did not not provide further details on the attack and it is unclear what reports it was citing.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
But Carlson was citing a letter in which the authors’ evidence was a dubious blog that lists news reports of people all over the world, of all ages, dying or experiencing medical emergencies.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
He was citing them to show to what easy victories a navy exposed itself in which, by neglect of scientific study and alert observation, tactics had sunk into a mere senile formula.
From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Julian S. (Julian Stafford) Corbett
