wage
noun
Often wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.
was waging
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past progressiveof wage.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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But for the programme team, this was a battle like few others - and it was a government-owned institution that was waging the war.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
A Genesis spokesperson said in a statement that the company was disappointed that Gemini was "waging a public media campaign despite ongoing productive private dialogue between the parties."
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023
America, in short, was waging war against Japan's civilians.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
Embarrassingly, in the ‘50s and ‘60s, as other people in the nation were fighting the good fight for racial justice, official L.A. was waging a pitched battle over the city’s trash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
She was waging yet another battle with school officials to get permission to appear with the choral group in the Christmas program.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
