reproduce
verb (used with object)
to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of.
were reproducing
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past progressiveof reproduce.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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A few years ago, researchers estimated how fast the animals were reproducing, to project that about 98 hippos were living along the country’s Magdalena River and its tributaries in 2020.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2023
In the 1980s, “the males were huge, females were reproducing regularly and cubs were surviving well,” Amstrup said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
Within a year of Louis Daguerre’s announcement of his namesake photographic process in 1839, scientists, tinkerers and adventurous amateurs were reproducing the technique in the United States.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2017
Larvae studies in 2013 and 2014 found that the carp were reproducing in these four rivers.
From Washington Times ● May 28, 2016
In September, 15 of 34 females were pregnant or lactating, whereas in October only two out of 15 females of P. maniculatus were reproducing.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
