range
noun
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible.
have been ranging
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present perfect progressiveof range.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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Several packs of wild dogs have been ranging northern New Jersey's game-filled Ramapo Mountains for some 15 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Yankee column, halting in the rich valley to the northwest, have been ranging the country far and near, loading their wagons and resting their horses.
From Miss Lou by Edward Payson Roe
I have been ranging over half the town; but have sprung no game.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
Hitherto, as you see by the somewhat varied list of my duties, etc., above, I have been ranging over different parts of a very wide field.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Thomas Henry Huxley
The temperatures of late have been ranging from 9° at night to 24° in the day.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
