advance
Example Sentences
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In a grueling defensive slugfest with fellow No. 1-seed Texas, the Bruins won 51-44 to advance to Sunday’s national championship game against South Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The Justice Department said last month that Chinese police had provided “critical intelligence” to help advance its investigation of one of the companies suspected to be involved.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Otherwise, it would come during a new-look Southern Section Division 1 playoff format that will have 16 teams and start with a best two-out-of-three series to advance.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The break above the bearish descending triangle I mentioned recently is now being retested and look for this to resume its advance upward, potentially toward 5%, where it peaked in late 2023.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
In the east, Russian troops, poised on the border of East Prussia, were about to invade Germany and advance toward Berlin.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
