export
verb (used with object)
to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
was exporting
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past progressiveof export.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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By November, China was exporting around 680,000 barrels of diesel a day, which helped to cool global prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Saudi Arabia was exporting about 4 million barrels of oil a day through Yanbu, at the end of the East-West pipeline that links the kingdom’s two coastlines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
A decade or so ago, the U.S. was exporting more than 30 million metric tons of year of soybeans to China, but those days are probably gone, Tedford said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed proudly announced that Ethiopia had become not only self-sufficient in wheat but was exporting it too.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
He had acquired the concessions for other mines, was exporting fruit to foreign countries, had founded a construction firm, and Tres Marias, which had greatly expanded, was now the best hacienda in the area.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
