include
verb (used with object)
to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element.
were including
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past progressiveof include.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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This might have occurred because some businesses were including undocumented workers they employed in their survey responses, but not in their tax filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
He said he did not have any information about who the five injured people were, including whether they were protesters, law enforcement officers or bystanders.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
And projects in Buffalo that might not have been feasible before the repeal suddenly were, including one with affordable apartments that was built, coincidentally, on a former parking lot.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
However, teams were claiming opponents were including injured players as well as those on Africa Cup of Nations duty in Cameroon in the figures of players available.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022
Back at school on Monday, just as Link had warned, people approached us as though they were including us in the election process.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
