delve
verb (used without object)
to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate.
have been delving
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present perfect progressiveof delve.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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That wouldn’t be a surprise to scientists who have been delving into the issue for more than a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
Many universities have been delving into difficult aspects of their histories, including the role of slave labor in building their institutions.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2018
They have been delving into the death-penalty records of the 16 counties and comparing them with those of other jurisdictions and have found three key features that often characterize the 16.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2016
News outlets such as the Post, the Times, and the Wall Street Journal have been delving into these issues for months, generating lots of stories and quite a bit of critical commentary.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2015
"Why, my dearly beloved William Philander, you don't mean to say that you have been delving through the shadowy nooks, and playing with the babbling brook, in that outfit?"
From The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds by Stratemeyer, Edward
