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were typing
  • past progressive of type.

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Afterward, Giulianotti and I went to a small room outside the O.R., where various physicians were typing into terminals.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2019

One devious setting called “Tachy Goes to Coventry” put a user on a global ignore list without alerting them that nobody was seeing what they were typing.

From The Verge • Mar. 12, 2019

In a space behind us, people were typing on these big IBM Selectric typewriters, transcribing tapes.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2018

This allowed them to record what employees were typing on their keyboards and to take screenshots of their monitors.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2018

I believe you were typing when I came....

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest