We have currently used vs We have been currently using

Both phrases are grammatically correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'We have currently used' is used to indicate that something has been used up to the present moment, while 'we have been currently using' is used to emphasize the ongoing nature of the action up to the present moment.

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We have currently used

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something has been used up to the present moment.

This phrase is used to talk about the usage of something up to the present moment. It indicates that the action of using has been completed.

Examples:

We have currently used all the available resources.
We have currently used this software for the past year.

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I currently used only for emergency lights.
The requirements in 6.1.4 are based on packagings currently used.
Some species of terrestrial oligochaetes currently used in ecotoxicological testing are described in Appendix 5.
It is the test cycle currently used for testing MCs.
It is currently used by 13 Member States, Iceland and Norway.
Such substances, e.g. sun flower oils, are currently used in organic farming.
At Member State level as well, a coefficient of 6.38 is currently used.
Pilot studies could support the improvement of the currently used definitions.
It has emerged that the monitoring systems currently used are unable to ensure food safety.
The set of monetary policy instruments currently used by EU countries is broad.
Finally, we are working on greatly simplifying the instruments that are currently used.
The energy currently used in both developing and industrialised countries is polluting and environmentally destructive.
The 'food miles' labels currently used by some UK supermarkets are unsatisfactory and can give misleading information.
The detailed restrictions should take into account the different arrangements currently used for covered short selling.
The neutralisation processes currently used are staining, chemical destruction and pyrotechnical destruction.
The frequencies currently used for GSM and analogue television are very valuable due to their physical propagation characteristics.
It is currently used by more than 2000 ships every day.
The detailed restrictions should take into account the different arrangements currently used for covered short selling.
Clinical assessment of GONAL-f indicates that its daily doses, regimens of administration, and treatment monitoring procedures should not be different from those currently used for urinary FSH-containing preparations.
At the initiation, Stalevo should be adjusted to correspond as closely as possible to the total daily dose of levodopa currently used.

Alternatives:

We have used up to now
We have used so far
We have used until now
We have used up to the present moment
We have used up to this point

We have been currently using

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English. It emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action up to the present moment.

This phrase is used to emphasize that the action of using has been ongoing up to the present moment. It highlights the continuous nature of the action.

Examples:

We have been currently using this method for the past few months.
We have been currently using this approach in our project.

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And only 12 sites in the city... are currently using that crane.
All European countries have used or are currently using the system of PPPs and concessions.
No Member State is currently using the derogation.
Your husband, formerly known as Miles Scott, currently using the alias Dennis Archer, was murdered three nights ago.
The pen that you are currently using should be kept at a temperature below 30ºC and away from heat and light.
Same range and payload as the block IVS the Navy's currently using but with six times the speed.
Tobin wrote software that our target is currently using to throw us off the trail.
For example, Member States are currently using very different radio systems, which makes working together enormously more difficult.
According to the hotel's security card database, somebody's currently using it.
However, owing to practical difficulties, compilers are currently using book values based on the volume of own funds of the companies involved.
However, the process has yet to be completed and agricultural cooperatives and their legal successors are currently using those persons' property, frequently without their consent.
We are currently using 2,2 hectares per person worldwide, which means that humanity is rapidly depleting the earth's resources.
Mr. Doorbal, are you currently using steroids?
· The rapporteur notes that the Commission, for its financial programming, is currently using a flat profile of EUR 200 million per year, which will not correspond to real budget flows.
Depending on the version of Cheese that you are currently using, F-Spot may prompt you to import the entire photo stream.
I would like to remind the Commissioner that there are some countries which are not currently using their quotas to the full.
In my view, the system we are currently using for the agricultural funds is workable: if a Member State spends certain amounts inappropriately, the Commission will need to introduce capping.
We are currently using the 2020 forecasts for this purpose; however, it would not be sensible to adopt binding legal goals based on these forecasts.
Thus we are in the process of pulling the rug out from under our own feet by the way we are currently using our soils.
Moreover, as shown in section 4.5.1, Community producers are currently using about one-half of their production capacity, and are technically capable of producing all kinds of fasteners if justified by market conditions.

Alternatives:

We have been using up to now
We have been using so far
We have been using until now
We have been using up to the present moment
We have been using up to this point

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We have currently used vs We have been currently using