join
verb (used with object)
to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together.
has been joining
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present perfect progressiveof join (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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Rose has been joining senior client meetings and many new business pitches, ad consultants and WPP executives said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
He has been joining other hostage families in pushing for a deal that brings the return of all those still being held in Gaza.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
Meanwhile, my friend group has also been having Zoom calls, which Lisa has been joining about once a week.
From Slate ● May 12, 2020
Nadine, a 20-year-old from Lower Saxony, has been joining the protest once a month since last autumn.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2014
As the major expressed it, the smile had often been struck from his mouth, as if by some invisible hand, when he has been joining the gayeties and chaff of the mess-table.
From The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
