commute
verb (used with object)
to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one.
have been commuting
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present perfect progressiveof commute.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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“I have been commuting the last 15 years, and I am telling you there is no such train.”
From New York Times ● May 22, 2022
Spend the time you would have been commuting cooking together.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
People who can afford it have been commuting by helicopter since the 1970s, according to Mr. Sweet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2020
For the past few years, I have been commuting weekly to a job in New York.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2018
One family, the Dalias, have been commuting thus between their pasts and their futures since 1926, when a forebear, Abdul-Hameed Dalia, began shuttling between the Middle East and the New World.
From Time Magazine Archive
