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
“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
However, Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, the top Republican on the House Budget Committee, has been answering that question ever since – tracking the whereabouts and use of federal tax dollars.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
The BBC's health correspondent Philippa Roxby has been answering readers' questions about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2021
Theodore has been writing to Rassam as if he were his dearest friend, and Rassam has been answering him as if he were Theodore’s grovelling slave.
From March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
