conduct
noun
personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
were conducting
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past progressiveof conduct.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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Homeland Security investigators, meanwhile, were conducting a coordinated sweep Monday of more than 200 training schools in 23 states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Burgoine said the Nature Commission and Guernsey Water were conducting environmental DNA sampling in the island's freshwater ponds and streams in a bid to gather more information as to where eels were present.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security said officers were conducting an operation related to a final order of removal at a residence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Over the period of time that Ghomi and FPR were conducting business and exporting networking equipment out of the U.S., there was no attempt to obtain the required licenses, the U.S. government said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
No doubt he had heard about the meetings Manolo and Minerva were conducting on our property.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
