progression
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They also want to investigate more closely how oral bacteria, chronic inflammation, and pancreatic cancer progression may be biologically connected.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“But he’s determined to go through the process, the progression, the build-up and get back. And we’ll see where we’re at.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Each chapter surveys the hoof, trunk or some other segment of the conceptual elephant in more or less chronological progression and finishes with a brief summary of what readers ought to take away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
GDF15 also appeared to slow the progression of liver fibrosis, the accumulation of scar tissue that occurs as liver disease becomes more advanced.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some felt comforted because something was being done to solve the problem that had come upon them so unexpectedly to spoil the calm progression of their days.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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
“I thought he got through some progressions really well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
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
Vocabulary lists containing progression
By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 5
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Common Core Grade 6, List 4
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