copy
noun
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original.
have been copying
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present perfect progressiveof copy.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, which launched its social media app in 2022, said some firms have been copying its data for months without permission.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
People have been copying the names of their social superiors from the time of the Norman Conquest.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2016
The local investigators have been copying large amounts of memos, tax records and financial documents.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2014
People have been copying for so long that the act has moved beyond aesthetic novelty — first, to encoded-with-meaning significance and, finally, into the realm of the hackneyed and dull.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2012
They had asked if she knew anything about a classified report her ex-husband may have been copying.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
