making progress
Example Sentences
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“What’s hard to tell is how well they’re making progress versus their competitors and peers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“It’s pretty painful, but I’m making progress day by day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
These sentences mean the boys returned to their community, but under strict monitoring to see if they are making progress.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
As I started speaking to technical people in the industry, I gained more confidence that quantum is making progress toward the milestones it needs to reach, like the number of qubits and fidelity.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
No medieval natural philosopher had a view of natural science as making progress, and no medieval natural philosopher was engaged in research, if we understand that to mean the gathering of relevant new information.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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