catch
verb (used with object)
to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a runaway horse.
has been catching
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present perfect progressiveof catch (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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In government offices and AI research labs around China, the focus has been catching up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
By expressing contrition over her long history of trolling, which is how she rose to fame in the first place, Greene has been catching big headlines.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026
Freshman receiver Ava Irwin has been catching passes like her brother, Trent, who plays for the New York Jets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
French industry has been catching up to Germany’s since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, says Michael Field, European equity strategist at Morningstar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Ever since, with the exception of two short periods of depression in 1866 and 1877-78, the youngest of the Australian provinces has been catching up its elder sisters with rapidity.
From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny
