progression
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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
England must win their next two games, against France next Saturday and Papua New Guinea on 30 October, to stand a realistic chance of progression.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
In experiments involving mice, the engineered cells established themselves in bone marrow, produced new immune cells, and slowed the progression of both blood cancers and solid tumors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 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
He then showed me the progression of his one and only game with Bronstein—a draw from Portorož two years earlier.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Mr. Weir’s approach on rhythm guitar featured intricate chord voicings, sophisticated interplay with Garcia, and modal progressions inspired by 1960s jazz pianists, including McCoy Tyner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
As far as next steps, Friedman said Ohtani will “get through some more bullpen progressions, and then meet again” with the club to decide how to handle his pitching rehab next month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
And then he wrote this song that kind of had some similar chord progressions in it.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Park evokes all of this while maintaining an electrified focus on ordering the Captain's journey into pleasing progressions, like a jazz or funk solo on one of the many American soul songs he loves.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 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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Vocabulary lists containing progression
By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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