alter
verb (used with object)
to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify.
has been altering
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present perfect progressiveof alter (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 phenomenon has been altering the valley’s landscape since the early 1900s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
The findings underline California’s continuing struggle with a phenomenon that has been altering the landscape since the early 1900s, when wells and pumps began to proliferate in the valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
His contention is that human intervention has been altering the nature of the marine environment ever since over-exploitation of freshwater species in Europe had driven people out to sea in the 11th century.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018
BlackBerry, under the leadership of new Chief Executive John Chen, has been altering its focus.
From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2014
That which I had intended for dinner, Cora has been altering, and she has spoiled it entirely.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
