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has been pleasing

  • present perfect progressive of please (3rd person singular).

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"Police officers should not face losing their liberty or livelihoods for doing the job that society expects of them and it has been pleasing to see government acknowledgment of this."

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

Instead the restraint exercised by most teams has been pleasing, as has the speed with which the TMOs have generally gone about their work.

From The Guardian Sep. 27, 2012

It has been pleasing to see the re-emergence of the 29-year-old, who received his first cap since June 2007 in the friendly with Mexico last month.

From The Guardian Jun. 6, 2010

What he has seen so far has been pleasing to his eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

But we shall not help it by pretending the feeling, nor by trying to persuade others or ourselves that we are pleased with what has been pleasing to other nations and under other circumstances.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various