have been eyeing

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of eye.
  eye

  noun

  the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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have been eyeing

The ChatGPT-maker, along with rival Anthropic, have been eyeing blockbuster stock market debuts that would value the firms at more than $1tn each.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Both have been eyeing going public this year and, in doing so, are fighting each other for users, talent and investor dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Media companies have been eyeing up deals this year in a bid to beef up their streaming portfolios as legacy TV viewership plummets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

Discovery — have been eyeing the media empire long controlled by the Redstone family through its National Amusements Inc. holding company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Well, I am quite of your opinion, for a couple of gentlemen with pale faces have been eyeing us most attentively ever since we have been here, and I confess their appearance is not prepossessing. 

From The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Related Words

• check out
• contemplate
• inspect
• look at
• scan
• scrutinize