reiterate
verb (used with object)
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
was reiterating
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past progressiveof reiterate.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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For the next 10 minutes, when Westbrook wasn’t smiling, he was reiterating a promise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Norway already recommends the Cominarty vaccine to minors and said on Wednesday that it was reiterating this.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2021
Scott Kennedy, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said that in expressing concerns about Chinese jobs, Mr. Trump was reiterating the case made by Beijing on ZTE’s imminent collapse.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2018
As the row continued into a third day, US State Department spokesman John Kirby insisted the ambassador was reiterating US policy on Israeli settlement construction.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2016
Mr. William Bangs was reiterating this to his wife’s niece, who stood regarding his potato patch rather disdainfully through the glamour of a lorgnette.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
