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have been unfolding

  • present perfect progressive of unfold.

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For years, Samsung and other Android phone makers have been unfolding phones into mini tablets and flipping them open with early-2000s nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 27, 2025

The effects of global warming on the Marmolada glacier, known as the queen of the Dolomites, have been unfolding for years, with the glacier shrinking at a fast pace.

From New York Times Jul. 3, 2022

Both cases have been unfolding in court simultaneously.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2022

But locals blame the construction of these dams for the disasters that have been unfolding recently.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2021

The tale I have been unfolding shows one unwholesome and vicious aspect of sailor life.

From Windjammers and Sea Tramps by Runciman, Walter