submit
verb (used with object)
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
have been submitting
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present perfect progressiveof submit.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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This year, ordinary citizens have the chance to phone in questions along with those asked by journalists, and Russians have been submitting queries for Putin for two weeks.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Wisconsin voters have been submitting absentee ballots by mail for weeks and in person since Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
A resident of the Pilgrim Towers, a senior housing building nearby, said tenants have been submitting complaints for nearly a year, while other nearby residents began complaining at least three years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
For months, Moderna and Pfizer have been submitting data to the agency as they become available.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2022
Sir,—Hitherto, I seem to have been submitting to you examples that cannot properly be described as failures.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
