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progress

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






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The spread between French and German 10-year yields jumped to its highest since 2012, as investors worry about the progress of the French budget.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Over the past decade, scientists have made major progress in creating two-dimensional materials with unusual quantum properties that could eventually support a new generation of technologies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It made no progress toward conserving 30% of its coastal waters in the same time frame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, progress in digitalisation -- the foundation for the deployment of AI -- remains limited in Germany.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Miss Genovese has poked her head into the retiring room to monitor my progress.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

As the film progresses, Herzog intimately considers humanity’s relationship to the insurmountable.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

As the SEC’s reform agenda progresses, we can expect more states to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The team also explored whether oxalate-related genes might provide clues about how Crohn's disease progresses.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

AI will create “durable tailwinds” for Palo Alto Networks as it progresses toward its $20 billion annual recurring revenue Next-Generation Security target for fiscal 2030, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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

Los Angeles County Fire Department Incident Command “was unaware that the fire had progressed through west Altadena until the daylight hours on January 8, 2025,” the report read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, still-rising yields dampened the Micron-driven enthusiasm as the European morning progressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2019, Kennedy was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer, which, over the following years progressed to further discoveries and a stage 4 diagnosis.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

As the war has progressed, both sides have added autonomous features to existing drones, as well as developed new drones with autonomous capabilities.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

I progressed well for the first few days, until my kidneys started malfunctioning.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

AI companies expressed support for slowing the development of their cutting-edge models earlier this month, citing worries that it’s progressing at a rate faster than what humans can safely control.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Clayton beat Japan's Motomu Sakai 10-8 and is one of two Welshmen in the last eight, with Gerwyn Price also progressing courtesy of a 10-5 win against Canada's Jim Long.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Novelis tells us it “has not received tariff relief,” but its Alabama project “is progressing on schedule.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“We’re still progressing but beating Westlake was huge. We have the best coach, so I think we can make the top division. We’re going to give it our all.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

From there, through a window, he could watch the work progressing and shout his instructions, boiling with rage at his protracted immobility.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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