receive
verb (used with object)
to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered).
have been receiving
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present perfect progressiveof receive.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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Local outlets say mosques have been receiving abusive phone calls and emails, some of which has prompted anti-hate groups to organise counter protests calling for no hate.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Residents have been receiving troubling calls from people pretending to be their grandchildren, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We have been receiving text messages from seafarers saying we're running low on provisions, we're running low on fuel, we're running low on water, we're running low on food," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
You have been living in a lot of uncertainty, and now you have more uncertainty, along with millions of other retirees and people who have been receiving disability benefits until their full retirement age.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
What you have been doing is feeding him precisely the kind of story that he would have been receiving in his native land.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
