appropriate
adjective
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc..
has been appropriating
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present perfect progressiveof appropriate (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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For intensity, even in malice, is a proof that malice has been appropriating to its use the energy of life.
From The Complex Vision by John Cowper Powys
Congress for a number of years has been appropriating money and authorizing certain work by the Department of Agriculture.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association
