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Promisingly, as researchers categorize and catalog different subtypes, new treatments may be on the horizon as well — custom tailored to attack the cancer’s unique mutational profile.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Promisingly, they also saw in the bumptious and belligerent "Old Hickory" some linkage to the current occupant of the White House and a way to dramatize major issues involved in America's coming of age.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2017

Promisingly, in the areas where they dropped out economic growth was higher than before.

From Economist • Apr. 14, 2016

Promisingly for fracking companies, “a lot of the early data in Australia seems a lot better than what it was like in Poland,” said Daniel Choi, the lead author of the Lux report.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2014

Promisingly, Galliano has something else going for him: an understanding of what he did wrong in the past.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2013