hedge
noun
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow.
was hedging
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past progressiveof hedge.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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Behind the scenes, though, Ellison was hedging his bets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
“He was hedging his bets,” this person said.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
But European captain Padraig Harrington was hedging his bets, in case the winds forecast for the weekend fail to materialize.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
In an 1882 article about another tech boom—the spread of electric lighting after the perfecting of the dynamo—we noted that Siemens was hedging its bets by making both alternating- and direct-current ones.
From Economist ● Jul. 24, 2014
Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
