withdraw
verb (used with object)
to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove.
have been withdrawing
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present perfect progressiveof withdraw.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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In recent weeks, banks and building societies have been withdrawing mortgage deals in anticipation of higher interest rates.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2023
"Wealthier Americans," Robert Reich lamented as far back as the early 1990s, "have been withdrawing into their own neighborhoods and clubs for generations."
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2023
It also will apply to withdrawals from dollar accounts, where customers have been withdrawing some of their trapped savings in the local currency, at an exchange rate far lower than market value.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Some parents have been withdrawing children from federal nutrition programs to avoid scrutiny.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2017
While the Protestant churches have been withdrawing from the districts invaded by the foreigners, the field has been entered by the “social settlement.”
From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
