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have been multiplying

  • present perfect progressive of multiply.

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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