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advance

[ad-vans, -vahns] / ædˈvæns, -ˈvɑns /












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Los Angeles made the playoffs each year since the 2021-22 season, but the team did not advance past the first round.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The company that built the system is apologizing in advance, in case it turns out to be wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"The new connectome represents a major advance for the field, with the ability to understand how circuits in the brain receive feedback from and control the actions of the body," she said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Car parking is available for people heading to Donington Park but spaces have to be booked in advance.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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




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