bargain
noun
an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost.
have been bargaining
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present perfect progressiveof bargain.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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The company’s journalists voted to unionize under the Media Guild of the West in 2021 and have been bargaining for a new contract for two years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024
Union members say understaffing is boosting the hospital system’s profits but hurting patients, and executives have been bargaining in bad faith during negotiations.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
They say understaffing is boosting the hospital system’s profits but hurting patients, and executives have been bargaining in bad faith during negotiations.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Virginia Mason Medical Center nurses have been bargaining with management since June over staffing, meal and rest breaks, workplace safety, student loan repayment and wages.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
When the first helicopter landed in the Daribi area, they briefly looked at it and just went back to what they had been doing; the Chimbus would have been bargaining to charter it.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
