disseminate
verb (used with object)
was disseminating
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past progressiveof disseminate.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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It’s unclear how many deputies received the message and who was disseminating it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
Dr. Birx, he said, concluded that it would be more effective to concentrate specifically on H.I.V. prevention and the treatment of infected people in areas where the epidemic was disseminating swiftly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
The State Department did not respond to requests for comment about the accuracy of the information it was disseminating.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2018
"Malloch-Brown was disseminating completely untrue, defamatory and highly prejudicial allegations regarding BSGR, despite the fact that he and FTI were bound to act in BSGR's best interests."
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2013
The ecclesiastical authorities had recognized, from the outset of this scientific invasion, that the principles it was disseminating were absolutely irreconcilable with the current theology.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper
