promising

Example Sentences

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A sequel, promising to take players to the "trailer parks and town hall gardens" of America, is currently in the works.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

One of the most promising approaches is quantum cryptography, which uses individual photons to generate encryption keys.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Since then, for a host of complicated and mostly unforeseeable reasons, disparate circumstances across the region incline, slowly, in a promising direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This season, Air Force has found another tall, promising prospect in 6-5 Malakye Matsumoto from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

I tried not to read too much into perhaps the most promising thing to happen to us in a very long time.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall