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has been existing
  • present perfect progressive of exist (3rd person singular).

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Menthol has been existing in this different terrain than other flavored cigarettes.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2021

On his errands of mercy to Russia, he has had the opportunity to view and review the conditions under which that unhappy country has been existing for the past few years.

From Time Magazine Archive

That’s a powerful combination for a man who has been existing in the mud of society.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The fact that I remember that I have been existing for 162 a long time past does not prove that a permanent self has been existing for such a long period.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

We only suddenly light upon an end—thoughtfully formed as any other—which has been existing at that very same point from the beginning, though unseen by us to be so soon.'

From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas