analyze
verb (used with object)
to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize).
has been analyzing
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present perfect progressiveof analyze (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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Few Wall Street analysts are as tuned in to the consumer economy as San Marco, who has been analyzing consumer-related stocks for most of his 22-year career.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
Ever since then, she has been analyzing textiles spanning 900 years of history, starting with the Viking settlement of Iceland in C.E.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
The Central American country has been analyzing its inclusion in the group for over a decade, though some former governments have rejected it.
From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 2022
The subvariants are now detectable in more than half of them, said Marc Johnson, a virus expert at the University of Missouri who has been analyzing the state’s wastewater.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
New England Farmer: Prof. Goessmann, as Director of the State Experiment Station, has been analyzing a sample of rye hay, sent to the Station by Secretary Russell of the State Board of Agriculture.
From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
