have been playing
- present perfect progressive of play.
Example Sentences
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The interactions could also have had a social function, or the orcas may simply have been playing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chinese companies such as DeepSeek, Moonshot and Zhipu AI have been playing catch-up and have published many open-source models, which people are generally free to use and adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Yet under the surface, violent moves have been playing out between the big spenders of the artificial-intelligence race and those sopping up the cash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
These cases have been playing out the same way for a couple of years.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
There’s ink smeared all over one corner and the silk’s all perished down the middle, as though she and Engel have been playing tug of war with it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
