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has been restoring

  • present perfect progressive of restore (3rd person singular).

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Photomatica, one of several companies riding the photo booth wave, has been restoring and operating these contraptions since 2010.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2025

“The board’s highest water quality planning priority has been restoring native fish species in the Delta watershed, which are central to the lifeways of many tribes.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2023

Coniston's Ruskin Museum is calling on engineer Bill Smith to return the craft, which he has been restoring in North Tyneside.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2023

In retirement, Bosch has been restoring an old Harley, a hobby that keeps him occupied for maybe 10 minutes a day.

From Washington Post Oct. 30, 2015

It is the warmth of this yellow sun of Florence that has been restoring the text of my own young romance; the thing has been lying before me today as a clear, fresh page. 

From The Diary of a Man of Fifty by James, Henry