advance
verb (used with object)
to move or bring forward.
has been advancing
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present perfect progressiveof advance (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 effort to digitally recover writing from Herculaneum's scrolls has been advancing for years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
SpaceX has been advancing the vehicle through test missions that lift off from its complex outside Brownsville, Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Infinite Flow Dance has been advancing disability inclusion in L.A. for 10 years, dazzling audiences with innovative choreography that often utilizes wheelchairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
All this being said, artificial intelligence has been advancing with breakneck speed and AI models are being trained on internet data to produce increasingly higher-quality content with fewer flaws.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
It appears, on the most satisfactory authority, that the disease which has so long prevailed in the Russian dominions, and within the last six months, has been advancing in Europe, is contagious.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831 by Various
