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"had been creating" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is the past perfect progressive tense form of the verb "create," indicating an action that began in the past, continued for a period of time, and was completed before another past action. Example: "John had been creating his masterpiece for months before finally unveiling it to the public." In this sentence, the verb "had been creating" shows that John started working on his masterpiece in the past, continued working for a period of time, and then finished it before finally showing it to the public.
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Another student had been creating an elaborately illustrated graphic novel.
Questions over spheres of administrative rights in Aquitaine had been creating tensions for many years.
She realized it was time to record the work that she had been creating.
Joan had been creating her own climate, outside of the prevailing aesthetic winds.
The city had been creating jobs at a rate faster than the nation until Sept. 11.
The banks had been creating their own effort to clear derivatives through a company they owned called the Clearing Corporation.
In effect if not intention, the banks had been creating fictitious profits, much of which ultimately ended up as losses.
At that moment, he realized there might be something missing from the perfect constructions he had been creating.
I had been creating a lot of work and I was ready to learn from someone else.
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Ippolito had been created cardinal (January 1529).
The position had been created recently.
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