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have been designing

  • present perfect progressive of design.

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Airplane and engine manufacturers have been designing more-efficient models, in part to help keep down costs of jet fuel — one of the biggest expenses airlines face.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2023

The costumes include ostrich-feather hats, wooden clogs, bells and wax masks, elements which the Kersten family have been designing and making for five generations.

From Reuters Jan. 25, 2023

But more recently, smaller creators have been designing worlds as mirrors to our own.

From The Verge Feb. 13, 2020

That’s the vision of Protei, a collective of technology students from around the globe who have been designing a fleet of these craft as “open” hardware—or electronic gadgets assembled from scratch using shared, collective information.

From Scientific American Sep. 16, 2011

Ah, Sylvia, how have you in one day destroyed that repose I have been designing so many years!

From Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Behn, Aphra