deliver
verb (used with object)
to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients.
has been delivering
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present perfect progressiveof deliver (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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Falcon 9 has been delivering payloads to space for more than 15 years at a rising pace: The company launched 165 of them last year, or nearly one every other day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
For now, the company has been delivering consistently, said KeyBanc Capital Markets in a research note.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
Cian, 30, has been delivering pizzas in the west of Glasgow for more than two years.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
But Lee has been delivering these jugular jabs the whole day, talking about the failed businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
For a few years past, the trade has been delivering steel cylinders that permit of storing, without the least danger, a gas under a pressure of from 120 to 200 atmospheres.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
