Example Sentences

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Bradshaw, who studies children’s mental health and bullying prevention, has been collecting data on 25,000 students.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

María José Fuster of Spain has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years, and officially owns the world’s largest collection: 15,485 egg cups.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

Although baseball has been collecting data since the late 1800s, the empiric statistical analysis that is part of our game today dates back to 1977 with the introduction of sabermetrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

The program has been collecting emissions data since at least 2010.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

Bando has been collecting the same maps Alice got from her school course ever since he bought his cabin.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George