headway
Example Sentences
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But Southern California, which has made headway in other areas of leadership diversity, has lagged behind.
From Los Angeles Times
The Senate Democrats who finally broke with their party to reopen the government said they had little hope of headway with Republicans.
From BBC
“Fred Durst’s a legend, but it would have been a completely different story. It’s like the universe gave me a day to make two years’ headway in my career.”
From Los Angeles Times
The Ipsos poll showed Democrats had made little headway so far.
From Barron's
The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 made some headway in rectifying this, granting automatic citizenship to international adoptees.
From BBC
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