forward
adverb
have been forwarding
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present perfect progressiveof forward.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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State workers have been forwarding the waylaid applications to respective counties, which this week were still receiving packages containing hundreds of misdirected applications.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2022
And in Iran, which weeks ago became an epicenter of the coronavirus infection in the Middle East, people have been forwarding grim jokes on WhatsApp.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2020
Brennan could have been forwarding a list of invitees to the White House when he was President Barack Obama’s counter terrorism adviser, the job he held before he became CIA director in 2013.
From Time ● Oct. 19, 2015
Following your orders, we have been forwarding all that your Plug Mountain rolling stock could handle, but there is considerable more of it side-tracked here.
From Empire Builders by Jay Hambidge
I have been forwarding all your letters to the Governor-General, General Kauffmann.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts
