ramp
noun
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
has been ramping
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present perfect progressiveof ramp (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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Legislation restricting young people's access to social media has been ramping up around Europe in the past few months.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Apple has been ramping up its internal AI investments, as seen through its 23.7% jump in operating costs relative to a year before.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
Microsoft, which competes in the cloud and data-center space with the likes of Alphabet, Amazon and Alibaba in Asia, has been ramping up its cloud services in response to a continued AI computing boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Walmart has been ramping up its e-commerce business recently, disclosing in its latest earnings call that online sales now accounted for 18% of global sales.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Meta has been ramping up spending on AI, pushing its capital expenditures up to $72 billion last year with plans to accelerate that spending this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
