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were printing
  • past progressive of print.

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The memory producers were printing money the way the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

A big one: Voters were confused as to why two sheets of paper were printing out.

From The Verge • Feb. 19, 2020

Within about twenty years there were printing presses in all of the major cities in Western and Southern Europe.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

We were printing and posting it in full.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2019

But now that he had thrown it out, thrown it at those who made him live as they wanted, the papers were printing it.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright