arrive
verb (used without object)
to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination.
has been arriving
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present perfect progressiveof arrive (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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This year’s wildflower timeline has been arriving at different rates across Southern California with fleeting blooms subject to daily-changing weather events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
About 10,000 Cubans were also taken into custody, another group that has been arriving in ever-larger numbers amid economic hardship and a crackdown on political dissent.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said both cases were detected at the port, where humanitarian aid has been arriving following the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2022
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will deliver beds to the convention center, possibly in the next 24 to 48 hours — though, Hogan added, nothing from the federal government has been arriving on time.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2020
"Say, for that matter, President Wilson has been arriving in New York hundreds of times in the past four years," Leon said, "and I 'ain't heard that you boys was on the reception committee exactly."
From Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things by Montague Glass
