have been collapsing
- present perfect progressive of collapse.
Example Sentences
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Smith seems optimistic for someone who’s about to tell me kelp populations have been collapsing up and down the coast of California since 2014, some by as much as 90 percent.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022
McKay: I feel like there’s two sides to a lot of the institutions and systems that have been collapsing in the last 10 to 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
These giants of commerce have been collapsing with accelerating speed.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2021
RIM's US revenues have been collapsing since mid-2010 – though fortunately for its survival, revenues from other geographical regions have grown to make up some of the difference.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2012
When representatives of oil-producing countries meet in Vienna this week, they will try to avert the disaster that was arising because prices have been collapsing.
From Time Magazine Archive
