borrow
verb (used with object)
to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
has been borrowing
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present perfect progressiveof borrow (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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Oracle has been borrowing money and issuing stock to help finance its AI cloud growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Oracle has been borrowing money to finance its buildout of cloud-computing capacity as it chases big opportunities with OpenAI and other AI players.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, the U.S. in recent years has been borrowing at interest rates that exceed the nominal economic growth rate.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment trust fund is nearly bankrupt, and Louisiana has been borrowing from the federal government to keep paying jobless claims.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2021
The tough man from the East who goes West to play the bad cowboy, is liable to find that he has been borrowing trouble.
