advance
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This strategy provided the framework used to develop KyA33, marking a major advance in targeting a pathway that had resisted drug development for decades.
From Science Daily
These are common in personal injury cases, because the clients often don’t have the wherewithal to pay a lawyer’s retainer fee in advance.
From Los Angeles Times
“Semiconductors remain the bedrock of AI progress, yet the manufacturing base for advanced chips is remarkably narrow,” he adds.
From MarketWatch
“Without proper advance planning, transferring private-equity interests can be problematic and often involves high fees and onerous restrictions on when a transfer can take place.”
Companies can’t tap leading chip manufacturers in Asia such as Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to produce many advanced chips, but have to rely on less-advanced imported and domestic machines to increase capacity.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.