been around
Example Sentences
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The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Across the road, Hadi, whose family store has been around for 35 years, said he saw no hope - and that this was not a new feeling.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Times food editor Daniel Hernandez swears by Cielito Lindo, a taquería that’s been around since the 1934, and still makes the most “perfectly rolled taquitos.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Travel nursing has been around for decades but exploded during the pandemic, when hospitals were desperate for staff.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
He’d assign us reports where we reimagined periods of significant deaths—the plague, the world wars, 9/11, et cetera—and how people would’ve behaved had Death-Cast been around to deliver the warning.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
