merchandise
noun
the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
were merchandising
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past progressiveof merchandise.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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Following two snowless winters, which have spelled near disaster for the New England ski industry, business and tourist officials were merchandising the foliage as never before.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the hustlers were merchandising: “Hundred-dollar ring, man, diamond; ninety-dollar watch, too—look at ’em.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
