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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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
But the 20-year-old has been borrowing other items from teammates and Team USA staff members.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 11, 2019
Mrs. Trump has cited Jackie Kennedy as a model first lady and has been borrowing books from the White House Historical Association.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2017
He has been borrowing ever since—from everybody and anybody.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
