Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Lately, Beach-Ferrara and her colleagues at the Campaign for Southern Equality have been mapping out hypothetical scenarios for 2024 and beyond.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2023
According to a GW announcement, the school’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement and other partners have been mapping ways to improve the process.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022
Humans have been mapping other worlds since we peered at the Moon with our eyes and gazed at Mars through our earliest telescopes.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 7, 2019
Scholars have been mapping crime since the 1800s, but during New York City’s crime spike in the 1990s, police officers started doing so systematically.
From The Verge ● Feb. 3, 2016
All the past week, U. S. weather men have been mapping Atlantic air-currents for Captain Fonck's benefit.
From Time Magazine Archive
