progression
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Common treatments delivered directly into joints, including analgesics, corticosteroids, and viscosupplements, can ease symptoms, but their effects are often short-lived, and they do not consistently slow the progression of the disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Researchers are also interested in whether improving sleep could eventually help prevent or slow disease progression among people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
On the highlight “Waist Deep,” a piano-led pop number with a chord progression that recalls John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels,” her intonation is simple and clear, content to let the melody do the emotional work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“But he’s determined to go through the process, the progression, the build-up and get back. And we’ll see where we’re at.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Play the same progressions in different keys and listen to how that does and also does not change the sound of the progression.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Then it became just this thing during sound check or maybe in the middle of sets, we’d just start jamming these random progressions and stuff, and it kind of just evolved from there naturally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Mr. Weir’s approach on rhythm guitar featured intricate chord voicings, sophisticated interplay with Garcia, and modal progressions inspired by 1960s jazz pianists, including McCoy Tyner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
And then he wrote this song that kind of had some similar chord progressions in it.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Park evokes all of this while maintaining an electrified focus on ordering the Captain's journey into pleasing progressions, like a jazz or funk solo on one of the many American soul songs he loves.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024
Find a teacher who is willing and able to teach you specifically about harmony and typical chord progressions.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing progression
By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 5
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Common Core Grade 6, List 4
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