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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On the day the 2023 Christmas number one is due to be announced, the BBC's data elves have been delving into the festive hits over the decades.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
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
A growing number of colleges and universities across the country — and around the world — have been delving into history that had long been hidden, ignored, unknown or covered up.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2020
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 Edward Stratemeyer
