coast
noun
the land next to the sea; seashore.
has been coasting
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present perfect progressiveof coast (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 speaker was released in 2018, and Ultimate Ears has been coasting on it ever since.
From The Verge ● Apr. 13, 2022
Capuano, a 66-year-old white man, has been coasting to re-election on the former for the better part of two decades, before which he was the mayor of Somerville, a residential suburb of Boston.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2018
But since the 1970s humanity has been coasting.
From Economist ● Jan. 10, 2013
The series has been coasting for a number of seasons now.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2012
He has been coasting along the African shore, and there collected a few curiosities, which he is passing off for proofs of his pretended discovery.
From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders
