air
noun
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
were airing
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past progressiveof air.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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A survey by the Radio Television Digital News Assn. and Newhouse School at Syracuse University found that TV stations were airing 6.6 hours of news each weekday in 2022, up from 5.7 hours in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
About seven million have been tuning in, a decline of only 11 percent from May, when new episodes were airing, according to Nielsen data.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
Turning away from past associations would be a fine choice for this character and the continuation of this franchise if it were airing anywhere else.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2021
Those protesters were airing complaints about racial injustice and police brutality.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
Although it was late in May, a roaring fire was burning in the kitchen, about which, on various sized towel-horses, numerous articles of babies' attire were airing.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte
