have been according
- present perfect progressive of accord.
Example Sentences
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Bolivia’s recent protests show how overly optimistic those predictions might have been, according to political analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Exhibit B: By playing drop, hedge, man and mixing zone defenses, the Lakers also have been, according to Marcus Smart’s postgame testimony, “throwing different packages” at the Rockets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
This form estimated his property taxes to be about $613 per year — one-ninth of the amount it should have been, according to the lawsuit.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
In 2020, the country delivered just 5 percent of what its mobilization should have been, according to one recent report.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Indeed, he must have been, according to her particular notions, the most irreproachable of lovers, until her own Coelebs was given to the world.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir
