perform
verb (used with object)
have been performing
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present perfect progressiveof perform.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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Mortgage loans have been performing well in recent years, given the massive refinancing boom during the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026
The country’s stocks have been performing even better than in the U.S., where the S&P 500 rose 14% over the same period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Since the 1990s, doctors have been performing medical keratopigmentation for people born without irises and certain other eye conditions.
From Salon ● May 4, 2025
Basden and Key have been performing together since they were on the Cambridge Footlights sketch team in 2001.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
But we have been performing such experiments for only some thirty years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
