make advances
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"You need hypotheses that are linguistically informed to make advances in neurolinguistics. There's so much interest in the years before Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed, to see if it can be caught and its progression stopped."
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame the blaze that has raged out of control for the past five days, authorities said Sunday.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023
Mr. Zelensky’s visit comes at a potentially pivotal moment in the war against Russia, as Ukrainian forces make advances near the key eastern city of Bakhmut ahead of a widely anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive.
From New York Times • May 13, 2023
"Don't underestimate the Ukrainian's ability to surprise," a senior US military officer told me early this summer, just as Russia was continuing to make advances in the Donbas.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2022
Sigmund Freud, who will make advances in its study and treatment, is three years younger than Vincent.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
