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has been witnessing

  • present perfect progressive of witness (3rd person singular).

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“The Palos Verdes peninsula … has been witnessing what I call a slow-moving train wreck,” Muratsuchi testified at an Emergency Management Committee hearing last month.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

Family marks the "renewal of society," and that helps Orban link family policy to the "issue of constant demographic threat and decline that Hungary has been witnessing for more than 50 years," she explained.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2024

The BBC's Orla Guerin has been witnessing the scars of war in the city of Izyum which Ukraine recently took back during its lightning counter-offensive in Kharkiv region.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2022

Seahawks safety Ryan Neal has been witnessing this for three years now and has difficulty comprehending it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2022

The travel industry has been witnessing a quicker-than-expected return in demand, with economies rebounding from a pandemic-led slowdown.

From Reuters Aug. 4, 2021