state
noun
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes.
has been stating
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present perfect progressiveof state (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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“Dixie has many meanings to many people and to date nobody else in the country has been stating the name should be shameful and not used anymore,” a supporter wrote in an email.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2019
His contribution thus far has been stating the obvious, calling Paddock a “very, very sick individual,” and “demented.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2017
What your Lordship has been stating, was in the year 1780?—
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
Perhaps he is saying, "Now some of you may reply"; and then follows an objection to what he has been stating which no actual human being would ever think of making.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by Stalker, James
