restore
verb (used with object)
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish.
has been restoring
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present perfect progressiveof restore (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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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
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
Since about 2018, Metro has been restoring and updating the infrastructure needed to run the automatic system.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
The home gardens that Mr. Grant has been restoring here for the past 30 years leave no room for fussiness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2018
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 Henry James
