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"was contributing" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is the past progressive tense of the verb "contribute," indicating that the action was ongoing in the past. Example: "The team was contributing their best efforts to the project, but they still couldn't meet the deadline."
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Broady was contributing.
Jimmy was contributing.
Jimmy [Anderson] was contributing.
Broady [Stuart Broad] was contributing.
I've always felt that I was contributing".
As if by reading it I was contributing to it.
Szabo wondered if jet lag was contributing to his heartache.
The weather was contributing to the city's mutedness.
Each member was contributing to the music and to all the arrangements.
It did at least feel as if I was contributing to the whole picture.
My PC alone was contributing 2,000 pounds of CO2 annually.
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