making headway
Example Sentences
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He would stagger payments, making headway on one card by paying just over the minimum one month, then doing the same on a different card the next.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Anthropic appears to be making headway among U.S. users against OpenAI.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
John Baumgartner, an analyst at Mizuho Securities, said the announcement adds to progress Beyond Meat has already made in Europe — but the larger issue is its struggles making headway in the domestic fast-food industry.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
For a while, the state seemed to be making headway.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
The white sails by this time had already entered the river, easily making headway against the current.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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