merge
verb (used with object)
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
were merging
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past progressiveof merge.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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Before Monahan could send a memo to players, a news outlet broke the embargoed announcement that the tours were merging commercial interests.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The dolphins continued their friendly behaviors through 2018, leading the team to suspect the two groups were merging.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2022
In a working paper published late last year, members of the New Zealand think tank Te Punaha Matatini had warned that the two groups were merging in a troubling way.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
This was the seventies, a time when music genres were merging from all areas, fashion influenced music and music influenced fashion.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
This time she felt as though she were merging into the body of the woman who stood there.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
