determine
verb (used with object)
to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning, observation, etc.
have been determining
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present perfect progressiveof determine.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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Jurors have been determining how much of his likely nine-figure fortune he must pay to the parents of a victim of the Sandy Hook school massacre for defaming them and their late son.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022
“So far, weather and precipitation have been determining California’s water use instead of our collective drive to conserve,” a board report about the May numbers read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
The rover’s primary mission was to have been determining whether Mars ever hosted life.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
“Landowners have been determining the shape of cities for centuries, and the idea of housing as a commodity—even as a financial asset—is not exactly state of the art,” Stein writes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2019
For more than a decade, scientists have been determining the potential for climate change to alter the spread of infectious diseases.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
