have been shifting
- present perfect progressive of shift.
Example Sentences
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Morgan favors South Korea, India, Brazil, and China, where the economy is still struggling but policies have been shifting to support the private sector and stabilize growth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Buoyed by robust GDP growth and strong corporate earnings, investors have been shifting from megacap tech stocks in favor of stocks poised to benefit from an economic reacceleration, such as industrials, energy companies and small-caps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
The crisis comes because landslides in the area, which have been shifting the earth slowly for decades, have suddenly accelerated, moving as much as a foot a week recently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
And shoppers have been shifting their spending to services after focusing on buying goods while they were staying close to home during the heart of the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
For more than 30 years I have been shifting the same kind of papers around in the same department.
From The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein by Lichtenstein, Alfred
