in progress
Example Sentences
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The police spokesperson said the investigation was still in progress due to "its complexity and the number of suspects involved".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Police scanner audio reviewed by multiple outlets describes a “cardiac arrest” and CPR in progress on an “unconscious” person at that address.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The central argument of “Democracy Matters,” situated in a single, capacious, airy gallery, is largely unassailable: that our democracy has always been aspirational—a work in progress too often undercut by U.S. laws and practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Nullis added: "It's possible that at the end of summer, we can look back and say, yes, it was a record-breaking heatwave; but it's still very much in progress."
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Even without the fair he faced an intimidating portfolio of works in progress, chief among them the grounds of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
