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have been interesting
  • present perfect progressive of interest.

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Jasmin Stadler, a 34-year-old shop owner and Braunau native, said it would have been interesting to put Hitler's birth in the house in a "historic context", explaining more about the house.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

It might have been interesting to hear Trump’s answer.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2025

Historically, the Iowa caucuses have been interesting, if not determinative, kickoffs for nominating contests, cutting down front-runners and elevating little-known contenders.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

It would have been interesting to test whether these voiceprints were also found in monk parakeets' native habitats in South America, as this species is invasive in Spain, Westerman said.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023

Otherwise, it would have been interesting to compare the portraits painted of themselves by those four eminent Italian contemporaries—Goldoni, Gozzi, Casanova, and Alfieri.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo