release
verb (used with object)
to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go.
was releasing
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past progressiveof release.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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Watters also noted that McCasland’s disappearance came “right after Trump announced he was releasing the UFO files.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
It was releasing, on average, a new original film or TV series a day—far beyond what the U.S. studios as a whole used to produce in a year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Gen. Todd Blanche said the Justice Department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest disclosure, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Jorge Rodriguez said the interim government was releasing them in the interest of "national unity and peaceful coexistence".
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
So the trader was obtaining wild monkeys from the Sese Islands, and if the animals proved to be sick, he was releasing them again on another island somewhere near Entebbe.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
