advise
verb (used with object)
to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following.
have been advising
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present perfect progressiveof advise.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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“If I had known that person was doing that, that person would not have been advising me,” Bass said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The longtime Florida Republican megalobbyist and his firm have been advising Netflix and will work with the company as it goes through the regulatory approval process, according to people familiar with the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Gastroenterologists have been advising a five-minute limit to their patients for as long as study co-author Trisha Pasricha can remember.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
This week, a group of independent health experts who have been advising the White House, including Dr. Osterholm, issued their own pandemic preparedness plan, which they called a “road map for living with Covid.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
CPAs, those folks who can add columns of 9s in their heads, have been advising MDs since the 1980s to dot their i’s, cross their t’s, and never accept IOUs.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
