have been multiplying
- present perfect progressive of multiply.
Example Sentences
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This provides "very little evidence that the yeasts have been multiplying over millennia," he said, adding that he believed they were "relatively recent colonists of the mummy's body".
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Gold, meanwhile, is likely to remain the haven of choice for investors around the world as geopolitical flashpoints have been multiplying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Though the nationwide number of motels dwindled to an estimated 16,000 by 2012, reclamation projects have been multiplying.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Government and businesses restrictions on Belarus have been multiplying.
From Reuters ● Mar. 11, 2022
Medical writers upon this subject are comparatively numerous in French and German literature, and they have been multiplying rapidly of late years.
From A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists by Symonds, John Addington