has been planting
- present perfect progressive of plant (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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He pointed out that as salmon have suffered declines, California’s agriculture industry has been planting more nut orchards, replacing other field crops that are easier to leave fallow when water is scarce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
The couple's home, destroyed in the fighting, is slowly being rebuilt and Ludmila has been planting bright coloured flowers in the yard.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
Brad Wetli, an Indiana farmer who collaborates with Armstrong, has been trying techniques that use less tilling and has been planting cover crops like rye for a few years now.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
Colwell has been planting, growing and harvesting ginseng in the forests of western Pennsylvania for four decades, producing a root that’s virtually indistinguishable from, and every bit as valuable as, its wild counterpart.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2015
"This is a pretty way to wake up a fellow who has been planting tobacco till he's stiff," he grumbled.
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
