pump
noun
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
have pumped
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present perfectof pump.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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One key issue: Successive administrations and Congress have pumped oil out of the reserve dozens of times through sales to raise funds, as well as emergency releases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Both India and China have pumped in hundreds of millions of dollars in investments into Nepal, and both are backing voting preparations, with New Delhi sending vehicles to aid the Election Commission.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Supply-chain issues have pumped up the cost of everything from groceries to clothing to cars.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
Local officials credit the dry winter and several newly installed deep de-watering wells, which have pumped out millions of gallons of groundwater that drives the area’s landslide movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
I thought the doctor might have pumped somebody's stomach and then analyzed what he found in his hotel laboratory.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
