manage
verb (used with object)
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
have been managing
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present perfect progressiveof manage.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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Their findings suggest that prehistoric communities may have been managing or keeping wolves in ways that have rarely been considered before.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
I have been managing my widowed mother’s finances for the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026
But it also represents the way in which both Oracle and OpenAI have been managing their investor messaging over the past few weeks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
“As a result, this moved more shipping toward the very back end of the year,” he said, adding that retailers have been managing inventory more cautiously amid macroeconomic and trade uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
In 1849 he seems to have been managing Niblo’s Garden in New York, and in the following year the Lyceum Theatre in Broadway.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
