How to Use been around in a Sentence

been around

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  • The drug—part of a class called peptides—has been around for decades.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • Just take a look at where our reporters have been around the country.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • If somebody could have been around when that kid was walking down the street.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • Phoebe Walsh, who plays her, has been around the whole time, however.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Small, under-the-radar data centers have been around for decades.
    — Marc Levy, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Crypto’s been around since 2009 and hasn’t done us a lick of good.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • Toy Story has been around long enough that there are parents who have grown up with it.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 23 July 2026
  • Pasta salad is always a must at the potluck, and this one has been around for a very long time.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • The use of letters to describe the state of the economy has been around for decades.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The upsell scam has been around ever since people have rented cars.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • The younger Beard has been around the game from an early age and learned how to excel in the sport.
    — Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a lot of women that have been around for a while, that are only just now surfacing.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
  • Fake rental listing scams are spreading online Rental scams have been around for years.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Check fraud has been around for ages, but modern tech gives fraudsters new and more powerful tools.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This dish has been around for generations and can be found anywhere in the country.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The football team has been around since 1910 and has been to the state final five times.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Reserva de la Familia brand has been around for more than three decades.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
  • These worries, of course, have been around for almost as long as AI itself!
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This fragrance has been around since 1995 and is known for helping users to unwind.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 July 2026
  • Farlow has been around Samoyeds since her parents first brought one home in 1965.
    — David MacK, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • While his component plate discipline stats have been around league average, his walk rates have been strong.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Keyboard warriors who mean nothing, and have been around since the dawn of social media, are now the focus.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The company’s food policies have reportedly been around for more than a decade.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 1 July 2026
  • Why This Matters First Time Abate has been around for more than two decades.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Some version of the NBA’s Hot Stove League has been around for ages.
    — Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • One of the oldest cities in Kentucky, Bardstown has been around for more than 200 years.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Nissan's Pathfinder midsize three-row SUV has been around for decades.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The Glendronach has been around for even longer, making whisky in one form or another for about 200 years.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Normally, sequences that have been around for a while have more chances to be involved in a recombination.
    — ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • The plain, old clinch knot has been around longer than the improved clinch, and the only difference between the two is step four in the process outlined above.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026

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