collaborate
verb (used without object)
to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work.
were collaborating
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past progressiveof collaborate.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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They were collaborating with their investment banking counterparts to generate business for their banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
The three bandmates, from Karachi, said none of their friends or family could believe it, when they found out they were collaborating with him.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2024
Badenoch said two countries' trade teams were collaborating every day on a variety of global challenges such as China and ensuring more resilient supply chains, as well as working on a critical minerals agreement.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023
On the American side, San Diego county and city officials said they were collaborating with federal and state partners to prepare for an influx of people entering California after Title 42 expires.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
He took a personal interest in her, because some of his friends were collaborating in experiments to measure her diameter by Michelson’s interferometer.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
