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have been detecting
  • present perfect progressive of detect.

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Surveillance officers have been detecting cases early, as well as controlling mosquitoes.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

The reading that the scientists obtained a few weeks ago, of 40 degrees near the bottom of the fjord, fit a broader pattern that researchers have been detecting in the past few years.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2010