proofread
verb (used with object)
to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
have been proofreading
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present perfect progressiveof proofread.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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But I have had that fever for a decade, because, as her translator Ann Goldstein’s devoted apprentice and friend, I have been proofreading Ferrante since “The Days of Abandonment,” published in 2005.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2016
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