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progression

[pruh-gresh-uhn] / prəˈgrɛʃ ən /


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This is despite a 30-12 defeat by Tonga in their opening game which has put England's chances of progression to the semi-finals in danger.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

These studies found that supplementation could interfere with cellular changes associated with cancer and slow the progression of leukemia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Interestingly, as his career progressed, Lichtenstein seems to have become more interested in channeling art history—a progression that is the inverse of most artists’.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The government says it will expand the use of so-called "blitz" or "short trial" courts after pilots have shown that grouping similar cases together can speed up their progression through the courts - cutting backlogs.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The essence of Darwin’s disruptive genius was his ability to think about nature not as fact—but as process, as progression, as history.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The 20-year-old has shown poise in the pocket, patience when going through progressions and ability to throw to receivers open anywhere on the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

After revisiting Edgard Varèse’s music, he built upon Varèse’s ideas about building and extending musical structures that are independent from standard harmonic progressions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

And then he wrote this song that kind of had some similar chord progressions in it.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

"As a fundamental principle in music composition, it is necessary to combine temporal sequences from tension-building to resolution in various scales, from harmonic progressions to entire movements," Nagai writes.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024

I listened intensely, aware of the form and movement of sentences and grasping the now subtle rhythmical differences between progressions of sound that questioned and those that made a statement.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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