Example Sentences

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Graham has been surveying chief financial officers about their expectations for their companies and the overall economy for 30 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

But the broader study, called Chill, has been surveying children and the way they travel to school for the last five years.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

To establish priorities, the union has been surveying its members and found them eager to claw back some of what was lost in 2013.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

“It’s still a huge proportion undecided,” said Mark DiCamillo, who directed the poll and has been surveying California voters for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2022

When I see the Dioxys come out of a cell with her mouth all over yellow flour, perhaps she has been surveying the ground and preparing a hiding-place for her egg.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander