talk
verb (used without object)
to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking.
have been talking
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present perfect progressiveof talk.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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Galloway said the companies have been talking for about a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Those financing needs are part of a “crowding out” effect that bond-market investors and observers have been talking about.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The Odyssey” and all its accompanying discourse remain omnipresent, but we have been talking about it since Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy was revealed months ago.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
We have been talking in the last couple of weeks about popular constitutionalism.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Back in Lansing, I would have been talking to everyone I passed.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
