conduct
noun
personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
have been conducting
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present perfect progressiveof conduct.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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Tankers have been conducting so-called shuttle runs, carrying crude from Gulf oil terminals through the strait to vessels waiting outside, where it is transferred for onward delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Federal agents in the Twin Cities lately have been conducting more targeted immigration arrests at homes and neighborhoods, rather than staging in parking lots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
For the two months that federal agents have been conducting immigration raids in Minneapolis, Ana, Carlos and their son Luis have locked themselves in at home, feeling trapped behind their own deadbolt.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
“While the family has been engaging in good faith, the government appears to have been conducting parallel activities to access the body for reasons that remain unknown.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Her father must have been conducting himself very quietly there or she would have heard him before.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Charles Dana Gibson
