advertise
verb (used with object)
to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it.
have been advertising
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present perfect progressiveof advertise.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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Now, years later, the leading labs, since April, have been advertising that they’re holding back their research models as too dangerous to release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Prof Schotter said some retailers have been advertising "pre-tariff" sales on dishwashers and heat pumps - "an old hint that ordinary pricing is set to move up".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
“Mexican restaurants have been advertising taco specials on Tuesday without officially calling it Taco Tuesday since the 1930s. The idea that Taco John’s invented the entire concept is a bald-faced lie,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Others have been advertising less in recent weeks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2020
"It is a singular story," the lawyer said, "and if supported by proofs, there can be no question that you are the Marquis, for whom we have been advertising, for many years."
From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
