model
noun
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
have been modeling
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present perfect progressiveof model.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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On earnings per share, analysts have been modeling $17.43 for the current year.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
I have been modeling since I was a teenager for local businesses and traveling for shoots, on top of jobs I had at everywhere from Raising Cane’s to Ulta to a tanning salon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Of all people, they should have been modeling what to do for everybody else.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2022
Scientists have been modeling infectious-disease outbreaks since at least the early 1900s, when the Nobel laureate Ronald Ross used mosquito-reproduction rates and parasite-incubation periods to predict the spread of malaria.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
And it’s precisely the kind of broad leadership that women, from AOC to Stacey Abrams, have been modeling for years.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2021
