prospect
noun
Usually prospects
has been prospecting
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present perfect progressiveof prospect (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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Fergusson has been prospecting as a hobby for about a decade, and finally bought his own claim after searching around for five years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images About 120 kilometres south of Port Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, a geological survey ship has been prospecting for in the one of the most inhospitable regions in the world.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2010
The Soviets' major practical contribution has been prospecting for and developing oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1966, an interdisciplinary group, led by Psychoanalyst Erikson, has been prospecting ways in which analytical theory can be applied to the study of political figures.
From Time Magazine Archive
He tells Rutherford that he has been prospecting and has found gold in Lonesome Park.
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
