- past participle of be.
been
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While U.S. automakers have so far been insulated in their home market from Chinese competition, they, too, seem paralyzed with indecision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Management’s response has been a series of small and often contradictory steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"This individual has now been deported from the UK," it added, referring to Carpiuc.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the campaigns that have followed, Europeans have mostly been de-emphasizing, rather than actively criticizing, Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
“I have often been discouraged,” Joey said years earlier, when she gave her valedictory address.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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