perform
verb (used with object)
has been performing
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present perfect progressiveof perform (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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Then again, the broad stock market has been performing well, for the most part, over the past decade, and this year’s action has run counter to that warning.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
In the run-up to her departure, the petite principal dancer has been performing as if she still had any number of years left in her onstage career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
James has been performing as Bonnie Ann Clyde for almost 11 years across the island of Ireland, in Gran Canaria, and now in Manchester.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
The quartet has been performing together for about two years, the group’s frontman, Enrique Ibarra, explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
Broca is still unable to study a living brain, but he has been performing autopsies on the brains of stroke victims.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
