refer
verb (used with object)
to direct for information or anything required.
has been referring
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present perfect progressiveof refer (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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In fact, French media has been referring to the main suspects as the Grandpa Robbers, due to their advanced ages — the eldest defendant is 78.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025
Since then, Women’s Med clinic in Dayton has been referring hundreds of patients like Eberhart to its sister facility of the same name in Indiana, 120 miles away.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
NBC’s Chuck Todd said in June that he has been having “major nightmares” about the election, and his First Read newsletter has been referring to “election week” instead of Election Day.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2020
On 27 November, the laboratory webpage hosted by the university—to which He has been referring people for information about the gene-edited babies—went down although another site for He’s lab remains.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 2, 2018
If I have any it has been bumped into my head partly by mother, partly by Aunt Janet, and the job finished by the boys Juno has been referring to.
From Peggy Stewart at School by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
