vacate
verb (used with object)
to give up possession or occupancy of.
was vacating
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past progressiveof vacate.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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Torres then suggested to Molina, his former administrative assistant and a onetime Alatorre campaign volunteer, that she run for the Assembly seat he was vacating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Twelve years ago, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevech was arrested for his part in a scheme to sell or trade Barack Obama's Senate seat, which Obama was vacating to assume the presidency, to the highest bidder.
From Salon ● May 11, 2020
The distance wasn’t tremendous, less than a mile, but the psychological shift was sizable; I was vacating a way station that had passed as a home, for a room of my own.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 25, 2018
Senate, several competitive congressional matchups and a rare open race for the attorney general seat that Swanson was vacating to run for governor.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2018
Instantly he rose, fixed her with a comprehending look, nodded almost imperceptibly toward the chair he was vacating, and returned to his seat inside the car.
From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
