farm
noun
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
has been farming
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present perfect progressiveof farm (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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"Going forward, do I see a future? I'm not sure where we're going with it," says James Foster, who has been farming beef and sheep on the Bolton Abbey Estate for 30 years.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Thornton’s family has been farming in the same valley 20 minutes south of the Canadian border for nearly a century, and their yearly Honeycrisp crop is a painstaking ordeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Hutchison, whose family has been farming in Cordova for generations, acknowledges that farmers are easy targets in trade spats.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Kendall Brown, 38, grew up in Oklahoma and has been farming or around farms her entire life.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Another Englishman, who has been farming in Norway for several years, and who employs about forty labourers, has been obliged to procure Swedes, on account of the peculations of native hands.
From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor
