recycle
verb (used with object)
to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse.
have been recycling
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present perfect progressiveof recycle.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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But should we have been recycling our lateral flow test kits?
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2022
Some cities have been recycling their green waste for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
A positive note is that people have been recycling more and placing fewer cardboard boxes and plastic bottles in kitchen trash bags, she says.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
In the Marcellus area, some companies have been recycling wastewater to use again but sell the byproduct, a salty, contaminated sludge, to communities for de-icing roads or suppressing dust.
From Forbes ● Aug. 23, 2011
Smugglers' Notch must have been recycling wasted heat, maybe from back home, where the presidential primaries were underway.
From Time Magazine Archive
