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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And some dealers have been marking up EVs beyond the automaker’s sticker price due to high demand.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 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
Pundits have been marking the turn of the year by listing their forecasting turkeys.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2016
Somebody, at any rate, must have been marking down from the distance everything that happened at those cross-roads.
From Letters from France by C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean
