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has been advancing
  • present perfect progressive of advance (3rd person singular).

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It also has been advancing with astonishing speed since Artemis left the drawing board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

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

The Senate, meanwhile, on a broad bipartisan basis has been advancing a similar bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, to fund the government through Nov. 17.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

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