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promising

[prom-uh-sing] / ˈprɒm ə sɪŋ /


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These insights may help researchers generate new hypotheses about how tumors grow and progress, while also pointing toward promising future diagnostic markers or treatment targets.

From Science Daily

The man who spent fight week promising the greatest upset in sporting history instead avoided engagement.

From BBC

Twenty-five years ago, two promising physicists graduated from a prestigious science university in Lisbon.

From The Wall Street Journal

As well as promising action on rising bills, he similarly said he would look into cases of soldiers who didn’t receive additional social-welfare payments.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the stand-up storyline, so promising, is dropped and it feels like a missed opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times