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progress

[prog-res, -ruhs, proh-gres, pruh-gres] / ˈprɒg rɛs, -rəs, ˈproʊ grɛs, prəˈgrɛs /






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Numerous photographs—several by Wolfgang Volz, who chronicled nearly all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s projects—capture the work in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

A move was also made for Aston Villa's Tammy Abraham but did not progress as the striker wished to remain at Villa Park.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Seth Goldstein at Morningstar doesn’t expect Tesla to lay out much that wasn’t already known from a high level, adding that the event would be more about offering a signal of progress.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

"You can have as much of a bromance as you want, but we need progress on the EU negotiations, and I suspect we won't get any movement on that."

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Duane grunted and moaned, and just when he thought he was making some progress in digging his cave, he came up against a sturdy wall of snow buried within the snow.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The agency said it would continue to monitor the activities at the site "as the excavation work progresses".

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Travel can become riskier as the disease progresses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But as the artificial-intelligence trade progresses, these megacap tech stocks are increasingly diverging in performance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Iraola has spoken about the need for more control while retaining the chaos that makes his team's attacks so effective, so he may decide to leave additional players behind the ball as the season progresses.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Your sister substantiates this failing for as her letter progresses her judgment gives way to temper—her thoughts are good, lucid the products of intelligence, but it is not now an unbiased, impersonal intelligence.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

For that move to have progressed, United would have had to include an obligation to buy at a later date, but have instead chosen to bide their time for their first-choice targets.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

As mentioned last month, Hulu’s integration into Disney+ has progressed to a point where it’s more and more difficult to differentiate between the two standalone services.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

It is the first time that four British players have progressed from qualifying at an overseas Grand Slam since the Australian Open of 1988.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“But that’s how things have progressed, and the development of technology will always outpace the development of defenses against the undesirable effects of technology,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

He says Vincent’s work has progressed enough that he could get work as an illustrator in London.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Manager Matthias Jaissle could still use another midfielder with some top-flight nous, though, after Newcastle sold Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali, and the club are progressing with a move for Manchester City's Nico Gonzalez.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

So De Zerbi has had to come up with new solutions - either by pulling the central players out of position, or by progressing the ball down the flanks.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But Spurs are unlikely to end their spending here, with sources telling BBC Sport talks for Savinho's City team-mate Omar Marmoush are progressing positively.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The companies didn’t provide specific details about how long patients taking the Moderna-Merck combination lived without their cancer progressing or how long they lived on average.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Pants that come up to his chest, a red jacket, black patent-leather slippers and horn-rimmed glasses—that’s how he looks when he’s at work at the little table, always studying and never progressing.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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