field
noun
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
have been fielding
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present perfect progressiveof field.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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“We have been fielding an uptick of what we believe were increasingly negative investor sentiment into results,” Siegel wrote.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Whether or not the overnight moves would carry through to Thursday’s market open remained an open question, given the barrage of back-and-forth headlines that investors have been fielding recently.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Financial advisers around the country have been fielding calls from clients worried about their private-credit holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Executives at Bayer Leverkusen, the longstanding but habitually middleweight German soccer team, have been fielding the messages since at least February.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey and his wife, Alison, have been fielding messages from friends outside horse racing about the spate of deaths at Churchill Downs leading up to and on Kentucky Derby day.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
