supply
verb (used with object)
to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite.
was supplying
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past progressiveof supply.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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By 2022 China was supplying nearly 60% of wind turbines in a global market once monopolized by the West, and by 2024 the world’s top four turbine manufacturers were all Chinese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Venezuela was supplying around 800,000 barrels a day in the recent past, down from well over three million in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
This unusual motion led him to propose that some kind of invisible structure -- dark matter -- was supplying the extra gravitational pull needed to keep those galaxies intact.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025
"Let's say it's not the right time for me to answer this question," Astal smiled when I asked if Israel was supplying him.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
The country was supplying men and goods to the war effort.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
