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have been employing

  • present perfect progressive of employ.

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Rather than outright deportations – Mexico only sent back around 8,500 people in the first three months of this year – the Mexican authorities have been employing a form of ‘internal removal’ instead.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2024

It’s a strategy the U.S. men have been employing for a couple years, although Mantia rarely practices with Lehman and Dawson.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2021

With the Rams, Staley ran a 3-4 as opposed to the 4-3 the Chargers have been employing.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2021

It is utterly brilliant, works like a charm and, given that I have been employing it since I read the book, may have changed my life.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2017

There is an agent of ours, a fellow I have been employing for purchasing supplies, a perfectly honest man. 

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph