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has been espousing
  • present perfect progressive of espouse (3rd person singular).

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Curtis smiled and repeated what he has been espousing since the early 2000s: “You can’t really trust a computer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

In fact, I gave a speech using a lot of the values - old Liberal values - which she has been espousing over the last couple of days in her speeches.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2016

Mr. Kinder, who has been espousing and refining life-planning programs with his clients and in seminars for several decades, calls for a process that involves self, family and community.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2016

The chancellor has been espousing a rebalancing of the economy towards manufacturing and exports but the official data has yet to show any evidence of such a shift.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013