recognize
verb (used with object)
to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc..
have been recognizing
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present perfect progressiveof recognize.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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The savviest producers have been recognizing, however belatedly, that playwrights today aren’t writing for conventional Broadway audiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2019
In recent years critics have been recognizing Ishtar’s terrible reputation as unearned and Elaine May’s subsequent relegation to Hollywood jail as unjust.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2019
But in recent decades more liberal Jewish denominations have been recognizing biological fathers as well.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2013
Still, governments around the world have been recognizing the threat to cargo.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2010
Fourteen countries in all, as widely diverse as Australia and Venezuela, honor the Triple Crown tradition and several countries have been recognizing its achievement for well over a century.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 26, 2010
