answer
noun
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..
has been answering
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present perfect progressiveof answer (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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Byrne has been answering that question ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
The BBC's cost of living correspondent, Kevin Peachey, has been answering your most asked questions on the price rises.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
“This is devastating,” said Sharon Williams, another neighbor who had called child welfare and has been answering her granddaughter’s haunting questions since her playmate died: “She asked, ‘Did Zoey go to heaven?’
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
The climate desk at The Times has been answering reader questions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Thus far Peter has been answering the interrogation legally put, and has done as was anticipated.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren
