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"has been laying" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is the present perfect continuous form of the verb "lay", which is used to describe an action (or series of actions) that started in the past and is still continuing in the present. For example: "Jane has been laying bricks for the new wall all morning."
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The cosmos has been laying the ironies on thick this season for Jets fans.
But he has been laying plans to run for the presidency for decades.
But recently, Mr. García Padilla's team has been laying the groundwork for more drastic action.
By contrast, the Obama campaign has been laying the groundwork for the general election for some time.
The current director, Michael Govan, has been laying the groundwork for a $650 million capital campaign, the newspaper reported.
Isis has been laying siege to Kobani since mid-September, forcing an estimated 200,000 people to flee into Turkey.
And that means Ryan, and eventually also Mitch McConnell (who has been laying awfully low in the past few months).
A Super Pac similarly named Draft Biden later emerged and has been laying groundwork for a potential Biden candidacy.
Ms. Cueva, the eco-resort owner, has been laying off workers and cutting back the hours of those who remain.
For over a year, this satirist-turned-populist firebrand has been laying waste to the traditional landscape of Italian politics.
One of those institutions is St . Vincents, which has been laying off workers and cutting salaries in an effort to stay open despite huge debts and operating losses.
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