recommend
verb (used with object)
to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably.
have been recommending
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present perfect progressiveof recommend.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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Yardeni: We have been recommending staying home over going global since 2010, and that worked well until last year, when going global outperformed and we did not fully anticipate the rotation away from the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
A growing number of analysts have been recommending investors pile into quantum-computing stocks as the nascent technology continues to command attention on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
I, too, have been recommending Costco as the best place for rental cars for more than a dozen years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Algorithms from all the major social media companies have been recommending harmful content to children, even if unintentionally, UK regulator Ofcom tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
There is, I believe, a general idea that genius and intellectual pursuits are inconsistent with the minute observations and cares that I have been recommending; and by nature perhaps they are so.
From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady
