breakthrough
Example Sentences
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Investigators have been sifting through 40,000 leads since the 84-year-old was reported missing this month, but a breakthrough has eluded them despite emotional public appeals for help from her NBC presenter daughter.
From BBC
Two previous rounds of negotiation between the two sides in Abu Dhabi failed to yield a breakthrough.
From Barron's
Two previous rounds of negotiation between the two sides in Abu Dhabi failed to yield a breakthrough.
From Barron's
“Wuthering Heights” is a satisfying listen as well as a canny solution to the problem of how to follow up a breakthrough record.
Fans follow athletes, not faceless national delegations, and they crave story lines: the comeback, the last shot, the breakthrough.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
