tutor
noun
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
has been tutoring
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present perfect progressiveof tutor (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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Kevin Claxton of Mar Vista has been tutoring for 20 years, and he’s never been busier, clocking 35 hours a week on top of his regular job as a basketball coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
Canfield said he told the parole board he has “reinvented himself,” by obtaining a GED and has been tutoring other inmates.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2020
Elynn Simons has been tutoring students in the Washington area for 20 years.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2016
Suzie Blattner, an education specialist, has been tutoring Owen since he was 3, right around the time Bill Stixrud, his neuropsychological testing specialist, first tested him.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2014
He took the honors at Harvard, and has been tutoring in New York ever since.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
