date
noun
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen.
have been dating
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present perfect progressiveof date.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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Now 80, Nickisher revealed a silver lining of Trump's rise to power: He met fellow protester Maniscalco at the weekly roadside demonstrations, and the two have been dating for 14 months now.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Eve Steele, 23, and Adam Patton, 21, have been dating for about a year.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Brittany Bowe and Hilary Knight have been dating since 2022 and both are looking to cap their prolific Winter Olympic careers by winning gold in Milan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The Daily Mail reported last week that Woods and Vanessa Trump have been dating “since just before Thanksgiving.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025
“No. Cleotilde and I have been dating for a while.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
