teach
verb (used with object)
to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in.
has been teaching
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present perfect progressiveof teach (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 lesson from all five of these companies is the same one Costco has been teaching for decades: The best businesses aren’t the ones making the most noise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Hillyer, a historian at Lewis & Clark, has been teaching it since 2012 and wrote about the experience in the 2024 book A Wall Is Just a Wall, published by Duke University Press.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Peter Carmichael from NI Driving School has been teaching people to drive for more than 17 years.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
He went to work as a pottery master for the Bashtanka House of Culture about a year and a half ago, and has been teaching classes there ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
It don’t seem fair, but since the start of this year Mr. Travis has been teaching us both our everyday school and our Sabbath school classes.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
