fall
verb (used without object)
to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
has been falling
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present perfect progressiveof fall (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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The forward price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P 500 has been falling all year and was recently at around 19, about 20% below its peak.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
“Since Covid, business has been falling and individual tourists stopped coming,” said Zakariah Mashriqi, 47, who runs a family-owned antiquities shop in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Lately it has been falling again, to 53.3 in June from 54 in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Leo's predecessor Francis largely overlooked many of Europe's traditional bastions of Catholicism where, like Spain, religious observance has been falling rapidly.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
The snow has been falling steadily since we came indoors.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
