design
verb (used with object)
to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of.
have been designing
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present perfect progressiveof design.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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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
The shopping experience looks fairly familiar, akin to what Instacart and other delivery services have been designing for years.
From The Verge ● Aug. 29, 2022
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
Two of the leading young 'post- impressionist' painters in Paris, whose names are just beginning to be known in England, have been designing posters for this store for years.
From Letters from America by Rupert Brooke
