supply
verb (used with object)
to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite.
have been supplying
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present perfect progressiveof supply.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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They have been supplying them with oxygen, dry snacks and water through a pipeline that was laid for supplying water to the tunnel for construction work.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
If the rules are finalized and imposed, many communities will learn they have been supplying drinking water with harmful compounds.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
General Ryder declined to say which countries have been supplying missiles for Ukraine’s new launchers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
We have been supplying a legitimate professional demand and not once could have foreseen the unlooked-for results.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2022
Neither can the neutrals, who have been supplying Germany under pressure; they need Germany's coal.
From Food Guide for War Service at Home Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover by Powdermaker, Florence
