arrange
verb (used with object)
to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly.
have been arranging
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present perfect progressiveof arrange.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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Separately, the Biden administration joined other foreign governments who have been arranging flights for their citizens seeking to leave Israel.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Just when Element 25 would normally have been arranging a sale of its ore to China, however, the effects of the global recession brought the world’s construction sector to a standstill.
From Nature ● Oct. 16, 2018
But at the same time, they need a place to practice, so NYU administrators have been arranging for them to work as far away as New Jersey until the hospital reopens.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2012
By tapping Levada, a personal acquaintance with a reputation as a practical if unspectacular thinker, Benedict may or may not have been arranging to act as the de facto head of his old shop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, if you care to know what we have been up to," said Edestone, "I don't mind telling you that we have been arranging for a little moving-picture entertainment here at the Embassy.
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney
