alleviate
verb (used with object)
to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate.
were alleviating
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past progressiveof alleviate.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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“It was really the satisfying connections that were alleviating these forms of psychological distress,” said Jaana Juvonen, a developmental psychologist and the study’s lead author.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
Drs. Coffey & Humber, who work for the Southern Pacific Co. in San Francisco, last year cautiously announced that they were alleviating hopeless cases of cancer by means of adrenal cortex extract derived from sheep.
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