discuss
verb (used with object)
to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate.
has been discussing
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present perfect progressiveof discuss (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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It has been discussing a deal to sell Boots to the Canadian arm of the Weston family, which owns a food-business empire, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Oman, which sits on the other side of Hormuz from Iran, has been discussing with Tehran a temporary transit corridor to enable traffic to resume.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The billionaire’s Fertitta Entertainment has been discussing paying around $34 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Ryanair has been discussing using Starlink to provide passengers with in-flight wifi for more than a year, O’Leary said Wednesday, calling the system “terrific.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
Those are no longer the questions of proximate causation that this chapter has been discussing, but questions of ultimate causation that will take up the next two parts of this book.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
