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have been predicting

  • present perfect progressive of predict.

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That’s largely to do with semiconductor companies, which have been predicting better earnings than the analysts who cover them, says Jonathan Golub, chief equity strategist at Seaport Research Partners.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

“What Bolivia is facing today in terms of the economy is something no one would have been predicting 10 years ago,” said Eduardo Gamarra, a Bolivian who studies the country at Florida International University.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Scientists have been predicting these deadly conditions for decades.

From Salon Jan. 9, 2025

But he might as well have been predicting the future.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2024

For several hundred years commentators on the English language have been predicting, lamenting, or celebrating the imminent extinction of the subjunctive mood.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker