mark
noun
a visible impression or trace on something, such as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise.
have been marking
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present perfect progressiveof mark.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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Those runs often led to confusion in the Dutch defence with who should have been marking James when she skipped between the lines?
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
What has really struck me, however, is the way analysts have been marking down their longer-term projections for Chinese growth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Those are Ford’s prices, though; dealers have been marking Lightnings way up to $150,000 and more.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2022
As for Kindle readers who have been marking passages in their e-books for years: You can see all your highlights at https://read.amazon.com/notebook and decide which lines you’d like to add to your commonplace book.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2021
I hear that Green and the Engineers have been marking out places for new batteries, for the last month; and I suppose fatigue work is going to be the order of the day.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
