publish
verb (used with object)
to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
were publishing
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past progressiveof publish.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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By 1931, according to financial historians, 63% of New York Stock Exchange-listed firms were publishing their quarterly earnings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
There was some overlap in where they were publishing.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
In her acceptance speech before a room full of publishers in Chicago, Wright half-jokingly scolded any of them who were publishing “ghost” newspapers with empty newsrooms.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
"There were women who were publishing about this in the '70s, '80s and '90s, but their work kept getting relegated to, 'Oh, that's a feminist critique or a feminist approach,'" Lacy said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023
Her parents were publishing a book about living in fifty states, for Pete’s sake.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
