guarantee
noun
a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time.
were guaranteeing
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past progressiveof guarantee.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 guaranteeing racial equality for the very first time, and that’s part of American law now.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2021
Some of the laborers thought that therefore the U. S., the state, and the city were guaranteeing deposits.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Knew his father most intimately," he said, as if he were guaranteeing the younger man's status.
From The Middle of Things by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
The Government were taking the railways over, and were guaranteeing that their proprietors should receive the same dividends as they had had before the war.
From War-Time Financial Problems by Hartley Withers
