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have been digesting

  • present perfect progressive of digest.

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Investors on Monday may have been digesting Bloomberg’s report from Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the company was “still active and ongoing.”

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

Carmakers amassed chips at the height of the pandemic and have been digesting those supplies in recent years, weighing on demand for new orders.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Automakers and producers of industrial machinery have been digesting chip inventories they built at the height of the pandemic, weighing on new orders.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

Fans have been digesting the album since its release at 05:00 BST, with some reporting that Spotify was briefly overwhelmed by the demand.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

Why, our little ones of to-day are as wide awake as grown-ups, and they demand—unconsciously, perhaps—the same strong quality of bread and meat reading as adults have been digesting of late years.

From The Blue Birds' Winter Nest by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth