wildcat
noun
any of several North American felines of the genus Lynx.
were wildcatting
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past progressiveof wildcat.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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Most of the publicly available geothermal data was collected when oil-and-gas companies were wildcatting across the West between 1960 and 1980.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
But others were wildcatting operations that processed and burned waste left over from recycling without regard to human health or the environment.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2020
