we've

American  

[weev] / wiv /

1. contraction of we have:

   We've been here for an hour.

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we've British  

/ wiːv /

contraction

1. we have

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

"There are six billion base pairs in your genome, and in the last decade we've been learning about the molecular machines that fold and organize that massive amount of information," says Dixon, senior author of the study and associate professor and holder of the Helen McLoraine Developmental Chair at Salk.

From Science Daily

"Within the symbiosis project, we've been steadily sequencing genomes for several years, but several key gaps remained. In this study, we were able to fill these missing puzzle pieces," confirms Sanchez.

From Science Daily

“We’ve never had anything like this before. They are priceless for people who want to study the People’s Republic of China,” said Joseph Torigian, an associate professor at American University who used the diaries in the Hoover archive while researching a biography of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s father.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We’ve been using it as fuel and using that information that we learned to apply it for this year,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times