educate
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
were educating
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past progressiveof educate.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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She also said the university having a presence in the country meant they were "educating a generation of leaders for the future with whom we will be sharing our values".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
But Voice journalists were educating themselves alongside those who were on the front lines of these and other groundbreaking movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
The company said that some officials there were addressing operational issues and that others were educating employees about what unionizing would entail, as in Buffalo.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
“We were educating ourselves and our community, then Standing Rock catapulted us into action.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2020
Imperfect as are the accounts that have come down to us, it is clear that this second generation of trade unionists were educating themselves to more competent methods of handling the industrial problem.
From The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry
