advance
Example Sentences
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Overall, this work marks an important advance in the field of MXenes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
Both teams have shown they have the pitching to advance.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
And then one of the schools made him repeat fifth grade, which was embarrassing because he didn’t need to repeat, but they insisted he hadn’t completed enough days to advance to sixth grade.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.