upgrade
noun
an incline going up in the direction of movement.
was upgrading
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past progressiveof upgrade.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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Fitch Ratings said it was upgrading its rating on Argentina following the October elections that saw President Javier Milei emerge with a stronger popular mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
During the visit, New Delhi announced it was upgrading its mission in Kabul to a full embassy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Mr Wilson said the company was upgrading sites in Wales as fast as possible to improve water quality.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
Gymnastics evolves rapidly — “It’s as though basketball changed the height of the hoop every four years,” one coach told me — and Memmel was upgrading her 2008 routine to include one.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
BellSouth was headquartered in Atlanta, ambitious metropolis of the new high-tech Sunbelt; and BellSouth was upgrading its network by leaps and bounds, digitizing the works left right and center.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
