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has been straightening
  • present perfect progressive of straighten (3rd person singular).

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After more than 13 years in a crouch, Bench has been straightening up for a couple of seasons at third base, but he will assume his old position for a day of honor Sept.

From Time Magazine Archive

The country that nearly ignited the debt bomb in August 1982, when it came close to defaulting on $85 billion in foreign borrowings, has been straightening out its finances.

From Time Magazine Archive