remove
verb (used with object)
to move from a place or position; take away or off.
has been removing
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present perfect progressiveof remove (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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Environmental Protection Agency has been removing batteries, propane tanks, pesticides and other hazards from the town’s more than 2,000 destroyed buildings.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
The ECB has been removing stimulus at the slowest possible pace this year but a surge in inflation is now putting pressure on policymakers to end their nearly decade-long experiment with unconventional support.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2022
And the United States has been removing some asylum seekers who arrive at the U.S. southern border, flying them to Guatemala and requiring them to apply for shelter there instead.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2019
In addition to raising rates, the Fed has been removing easy money from the financial system by shrinking its crisis-era holdings of Treasury and mortgage bonds this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2018
She’s very moody and has been removing more and more of her belongings and locking them up.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
