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'has been abusing' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when talking about a continuing action that began in the past and is still happening in the present, such as an ongoing behavior or habit. For example: "The teenager has been abusing drugs for the past few years and his family is desperate for him to get help."
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When the headteacher has been abusing you, who do you tell?
There, she meets a girl whose father has been abusing her in a sickeningly familiar way.
But, above all, he has been abusing and exhausting the goodwill of his wife, Cornelia (Naomi Watts).
Wilder, incidentally, has been getting in a little extra sparring with a punter who has been abusing him on Twitter.
There have been complaints that Coca-Cola has been abusing its dominant market position by paying retailers to stock its products exclusively.
"The I.R.S. has been abusing its power by targeting and punishing American citizens for their political beliefs," said Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the majority leader.
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The toilet has been abused.
"Coffee has been abused as a product.
Our policy has been abused, misused, totally perverted".
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