plan
noun
a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance.
was planning
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past progressiveof plan.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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He had told various people he was planning to take time out in Lebanon.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Valeria Valdez, a College of the Sequoias freshman, said she was planning to vote in her first election and said the government should help lower gas prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
I asked her how long she was planning to keep coming down.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
A Shinjuku official supervising holiday rentals told AFP that the district was "planning to revise the current ordinance... to ban private lodging" in residential zones and areas near schools.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Downstairs the knot of impatience would be tightening in the kitchen, while the minutes she was planning to spend alone with her brother were running out.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
