has been planting

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of plant (3rd person singular).
  plant

  noun

  any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.

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has been planting

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

Around the lodge, Marshall has been planting flax bushes and native trees.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2022

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

I thank you, sir; with us the world wags on pretty much the same, but when a man has been planting violets on his mother’s grave he does not feel like whistling and making merry.

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson

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