- present participle of advance.
advancing
- aggressive adj.
- approaching adj.
- broadening adj.
- coming adj.
- continuing adj.
- cultural adj.
- cumulative adj.
- en route adj.
- enterprising adj.
- increasing adj.
- long-lived adj.
- maturing adj.
- moving adj.
- nearing adj.
- oncoming adj.
- ongoing adj.
- perdurable adj.
- progressive adj.
- revolutionary adj.
- rising adj.
- thriving adj.
- underway adj.
- ahead adv.
- development n.
- suggesting n.
- unfolding n.
Example Sentences
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—Precious metals gained some momentum, with spot gold up 0.5% at $4,397.11 a troy ounce and spot silver advancing 1.5% to $65.63 a troy ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
According to Israeli media reports, Kushner, Mladenov and Blair will meet Netanyahu on Monday with the aim of advancing Trump's plan.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Importantly, you should master each task or level of difficulty before advancing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“The pro-slavery factions were picking on specific verses like ‘slaves obey your masters’ and saying, ‘Well, we’re clearly advancing the more biblical society because look, the Bible says exactly what we’re doing,’” Coffman said.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
There were five tall figures: two standing on the lip of the dell, three advancing.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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