was publishing
- past progressive of publish.
Example Sentences
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The theft of McSweeney's government phone came to light earlier this year, as the government was publishing documents about the appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Geoffrey Hinton has been a presence at NeurIPS since its very first meeting, when the future Nobel Prize winner was publishing work that laid the foundation for the modern era of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
A creative writing workshop showed me good writing, I took to personal journalism, and by 2018, I was publishing magazine stories about life in prison.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2025
TSG did not tell the thoroughbred owners and trainers of their intentions until it learned The Times was publishing an article about the closing .
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
I was publishing music reviews, articles, and essays in the local alternative newspaper, and this meant contact with more human beings.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
