supply
verb (used with object)
to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite.
has been supplying
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present perfect progressiveof supply (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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The CIA has been supplying some Kurdish militias with small arms.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
This has become a science for Jeremie Pavelski, a farmer whose family has been supplying potatoes to Lay’s for more than 70 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
After a half decade of Californians moving to places like Texas and Florida, an unlikely state has been supplying California with new residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Karpowership says it has been supplying 100% of Guinea-Bissau's electricity since signing a five-year agreement with the state-owned electricity and water utility company in 2019.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
The only competitor which Great Britain has in this particular branch of trade is the United States of America, which has been supplying China with increasing quantities of cotton goods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
