making progress

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NOUN

development

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advancement evolution expansion improvement increase progress

STRONG

addition adulthood advance augmentation boost buildup chrysalis developing enlargement flowering hike maturation maturity ontogenesis ontogeny progression reinforcement ripening spread spreading unfolding

WEAK

adding to advancing augmenting elaborating evolvement evolving increasing maturing ongoing perfecting reinforcing unraveling upgrowth upping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease halt retreat retrogression stoppage

STRONG

lessening reduction shrinkage stagnation withdrawal

NOUN

unfolding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flowering

STRONG

addition adulthood advance advancement advancing augmentation augmenting boost buildup developing elaborating enlargement evolution evolving expansion growth hike improvement increase increasing maturation maturing maturity perfecting progress progression reinforcement reinforcing ripening spread spreading unraveling upping

WEAK

adding to evolvement ongoing upgrowth

Antonyms

STRONG

decline decrease diminishment failure halt lessening loss reduction retreat retrogression shrinkage stagnation stop stoppage subtraction withdrawal

Example Sentences

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making progress

So maybe we’re making progress with Bill “NOT Nostradamus” Plaschke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

"Delays in making progress with these proposals will be affecting the outcome for some of these babies", he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Vance added that the Trump administration was "making progress" on issues including "the affordability question."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Oman and Iran noted they were making progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Like I wasn’t making progress like he had wanted.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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