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

But those behind him were also making headway.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

“I’m making headway on the coding. I got past that snag we were talking about yesterday.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon