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was gifting
  • past progressive of gift.

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“I thought that was so special. The quilt came full circle: This woman was gifting one of her first quilts to someone she didn’t even know.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2025

Groff was gifting Paul Henry with “strong breezes for all sailing races.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2019

The Warhol Foundation’s first big philanthropic gesture was gifting thousands of prime works to establish the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the artist’s hometown.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2015

Ashur-uballit, king of Ashur, once wrote intimating to Akhenaton that he was gifting him horses and chariots and a jewel seal.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander