reset
verb (used with object)
to set again.
were resetting
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past progressiveof reset.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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About an hour later, additional posts confirmed that stadium staff were resetting the floor and preparing seats for the show, eventually giving the all-clear for fans to return to their seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
After the fire, Kaauamo said, Maui residents were resetting boundaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
On the Washington Post and Times Herald, I.T.U. men last week were resetting ads that actually ran in 1957.
From Time Magazine Archive
Crappy mortgages worth three-quarters of a trillion dollars were resetting from their teaser rates to new, higher rates.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Then each drew his tablets and stilus and made a memorandum; and, while they were resetting the pieces, Flavius returned to his friend's remark.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
