board
noun
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
has been boarding
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present perfect progressiveof board (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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“There’s major separation anxiety,” said Jamie DeChristopher of LuckyDog in Brooklyn, who has been boarding dogs for 20 years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2022
Every emergency department in the Saint Luke’s system — there are 16 hospitals — has been boarding patients for the last one to two weeks, Larsen said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
A steady stream of lorries has been boarding ferries and trains to France.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2021
The Brooklyn Museum has been boarding up social-media efforts and now wants a closer-to-home approach, using the Internet for things like taking you into the studios of local artists.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2014
Spunkie has been boarding out all August at a cat home, but he seems glad to get back to us.
From Miss Billy by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
