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have been imagining

  • present perfect progressive
    of imagine.
    imagine
    verb (used with object)
    to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).

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But Timothy Burbery of Marshall University believes Dante may have been imagining something much more physical and destructive.

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

Sade reveals the utopia she and her girlfriend, along with other fellow inmates, have been imagining, a collective portrait of a peaceful haven for “free formerly incarcerated Black girls.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

Instead, Twitter users have been imagining who else could appear in the Barbie Cinematic Universe.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023

People have been imagining, and telling, what happened next ever since.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2015

I may have been imagining the double meaning in her words.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer