connect
verb (used with object)
to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind.
has been connecting
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present perfect progressiveof connect (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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Another key strand of Burnham's campaigning strategy has been connecting with and organising grassroots social media activists.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
As the former conservation manager for Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, my purpose — and passion — always has been connecting people with nature.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
Most recently, with the Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, who is also her romantic partner, she has been connecting that American music to the music of Africa, the Mediterranean and the Islamic world.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
Bumble BFF, the friendship component of the popular dating app Bumble Date, has been connecting friends since 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
This small suggestion of a living world destroyes the spell that for the last few minutes has been connecting the brain with a dead one.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
