overlook
verb (used with object)
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider.
have been overlooking
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present perfect progressiveof overlook.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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"These companies have been overlooking and sidestepping the ethics of these things knowingly in many cases for many years," she said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023
Perhaps we have been overlooking China’s prowess at adaptive creativity.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022
But as they have attempted to develop more complex quake-prediction devices, they may have been overlooking a simple one that predates man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now companies that have been overlooking their B players may start to regret it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps there is some clue we have been overlooking, that you could give us.”
From The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar by Margaret Penrose
