add
verb (used with object)
to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance.
has been adding
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present perfect progressiveof add (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The projected cutbacks over the next three years include more than 6,000 jobs in a school system that has been adding employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But they said that while Sandals has been adding new resorts, it is largely an “adults-only brand,” with only three of its resorts allowing children.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Netflix also has been adding video podcasts to its service and continues to look for live sports and events to add to its service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Immigration has been adding to the country's population for the last 24 years and that trend was projected to continue for the next two decades.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
The family for a hundred years has been adding these absurd two-story wings, so that the house wanders at random over the landscape, and you may have to inquire your way about in the beginning.”
From The Moonlit Way by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
