research
noun
diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc..
was researching
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past progressiveof research.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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His newly formed commission was researching network hiring practices and minority images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Meanwell was attracted to the anti-obesity pills that Pfizer was researching, because pills are much easier for patients to take and can command even higher sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In 2012, she was researching her family history and asked the children’s charity Barnardo’s to look for records linked to her mother, who had died in 2001.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
When I was researching “The Long Field,” Gillian Clarke, the former National Poet of Wales, introduced me to the word cynefin.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
Immediately after the expedition, when I was researching my article for Outside magazine, I interviewed as many of the people on Hall’s and Fischer’s summit teams as possible—I spoke with most of them several times.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
