have been planting

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of plant.
  plant

  noun

  any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.

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have been planting

Along the highway from Ankara airport to the city centre, municipal workers have been planting flowers and installing giant billboards to shield views of dilapidated homes and poorer neighbourhoods.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

From July through the first frost, dahlias bloom in abundance in the Puget Sound Dahlia Association bed, which members have been planting annually since 1984.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

Some have had to produce their food at a loss, others have been planting less leading to warnings that farmers are facing an existential crisis.

From BBC ● May 15, 2023

Not the edible kind that everyone likes, but the software kind that websites have been planting on your computer for years without your knowledge or consent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2021

I enter the garden and find a corner behind a tree, away from the spot where community gardeners have been planting fruit trees and flowers and making the world glow a little more.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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