exist
verb (used without object)
to have actual being; be.
have been existing
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present perfect progressiveof exist.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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I say influx because most of the smaller businesses in cannabis have been existing in a fishbowl competitively speaking, and overnight, that will change.
From Forbes ● Jun. 29, 2015
For upwards of a month we have been existing upon two pounds and a half of flour cake daily, without animal food.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart
Of course I had known it from the first instant that I looked into her eyes, but I must have been existing in a state of stupefaction up to this illuminating moment.
From A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon
Very many know that these have been existing.
From Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein
Thereupon, Valadhi said, "O chiefs of the celestials, these mountains have been existing eternally, and indestructible, let them be the instrumental cause of my son's life."
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
