colonize
have been colonizing
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present perfect progressiveof colonize.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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Coywolves, a hybrid animal that’s the result of mating between coyotes, wolves, and dogs, have been colonizing the eastern US pretty much undisturbed.
From The Verge ● Apr. 3, 2016
Hell, those ants have been colonizing for hundreds of millions of years.
From The Kenzie Report by Mark Clifton
