proceed
verb (used without object)
to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
have been proceeding
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present perfect progressiveof proceed.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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Many of the administration’s civil probes have been proceeding under a novel use of the False Claims Act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
But the Rams have been proceeding with caution — and concern — as they attempt to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champion since 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
Efforts to move the world away from fossil fuels have been proceeding in slow motion for years, as nations and corporations advance scattershot efforts to reduce emissions.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
But courts have been proceeding on the assumption that executions may one day resume.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
This passage does not occur in the published 'Journal,' the last proof of which was finished in 1837; and this fact harmonizes with the change we know to have been proceeding in his views.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
