make inroads

Example Sentences

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It would struggle to make inroads in Bengal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

While AI has improved the return on digital ad spending, Nathanson said Meta’s ability to make inroads beyond consumer-driven end markets is “open for debate.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Some experts said the electric vehicle provisions in the trade deal would help China make inroads into the Canadian automobile market.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

"My role is to go looking for wickets, especially with the new ball, and hopefully make inroads into the opposition."

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

The young republic at once commenced to compete in the carrying trade with Spain and Portugal, and to make inroads into the eastern commerce of the latter.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William