establish
verb (used with object)
to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis.
was establishing
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past progressiveof establish.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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Mark Entwistle, Canada’s ambassador to Cuba during the 1990s when Sherritt was establishing itself on the island, said the company did far more than operate a mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
One of the team's most important achievements was establishing the neutral axis purely from the geometry of the color metric.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Born Deroy Taylor in Cape Coast in 1936, he began performing in the 1950s, as highlife was establishing itself as the dominant sound in Ghana in the years following independence.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
"It's always good to have military to military engagement and that is what he was establishing", Healey told reporters in Brussels.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
In 1599, when the situation in Graz was becoming intolerable for Kepler, Tycho was establishing himself some 320 kilometres away near Prague, where people were free to worship in their own manner.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
