pursue
verb (used with object)
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
has been pursuing
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present perfect progressiveof pursue (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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But it is also true that the popularity of the central elements of the reset that the party has been pursuing up to now cannot be taken for granted.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Rodriguez, who has lived in the United States for about five years, has a valid work permit and has been pursuing legal residency through her marriage to a U.S. citizen.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
To replace the revenue, Merck has been pursuing multibillion-dollar acquisitions of biotechnology companies that promise to furnish new drugs such as Winrevair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Paramount has been pursuing the prized assets since last September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
No. 18 denotes the path he has been pursuing since he became a Midē´, while at Nos.
From The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 by Hoffman, Walter James
