race
noun
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
have been racing
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present perfect progressiveof race.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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It has also seen some issues since, including accusations of "union-busting" by sacked workers at Rockstar North, its Edinburgh HQ, where developers have been racing to get GTA 6 ready for release in November.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
DraftKings and FanDuel have been racing to catch up with their own prediction products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
For decades, big tech players and startups have been racing to build meaningful large-scale quantum computers that they say could change the world, often called “full-scale, error-corrected, fault-tolerant” machines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The question of whether she should have been racing at all with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament will be debated for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
We fellows have been racing each other up at school to see who could get his book filled first.
From Paul and the Printing Press by A. O. (Arthur O.) Scott
