secure
adjective
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
have been securing
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present perfect progressiveof secure.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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"Since Monday, we have been securing the sites and making the site safe, and that's as a result of a health and safety executive prohibition notice that was issued on the land," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
In effect, hourly workers have been securing raises, while middle-managers and white collar workers are, on average, losing significant ground.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
The rebels, a mixture of citizen militias and army defectors, have been securing the key port of Brega, home to the country's second largest oil facility.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2011
The first with cards, the last in politics, A conjuror's fame for years have been securing.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Fitz-Greene Halleck
