till
preposition
up to the time of; until.
has been tilling
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present perfect progressiveof till (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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Baba has been tilling the fields for a quarter century.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
He has been tilling these fields for decades.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2014
The Warren campaign has been tilling the fields for months.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2012
The common ground holding most of these tales together is the Malgudi district, a fictional area of southern India that Narayan has been tilling for the past 50 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The senator has been someone who has been tilling the home soil," said Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer.
From Washington Post
