store
noun
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
has been storing
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present perfect progressiveof store (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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Fertiglobe has continued to produce fertilizer at a facility in Abu Dhabi and has been storing it at different locations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding, which operates the facility, has been storing the ALPS-treated water in hundreds of tanks that now cover most of the plant and are nearly full.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023
But regardless of how long a lab has been storing the DNA, a first step involves processing the DNA in a way that enables an upload to a genealogy database.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2023
To face the energy crunch, France has been storing gas and getting more of it from its European partners and Qatar.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Nature has been storing us food for the wheat plant for thousands of years, and there’s more gold in our black soil than was ever dug out of Mexico or California.
From The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss
