transfer
verb (used with object)
to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another.
has been transferring
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present perfect progressiveof transfer (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 GSA has been transferring ownership of lighthouses since Congress passed the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act in 2000.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2023
Zelenskiy said Russia has been transferring some forces from the eastern Donbas region to the southern Kherson and Zaporizhizhya regions.
From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2022
The Home Office has been transferring children from Calais who have a legal right to settle in the UK but has now paused that process at the request of French authorities.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2016
Feld Entertainment is completely owned by the family, including the daughters, as Kenneth Feld, 64, has been transferring his shares to them equally since 2001.
From Chicago Tribune ● Aug. 12, 2013
"The Commander has been transferring them in vain for four months," he said.
From A Tangled Tale by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
