promising

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Researchers at Flinders University have now developed a promising new approach that could help remove some of the hardest-to-capture forms of these long-lasting pollutants from water.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Nimale said the optics of the Olympics promising affordable tickets to local residents but on some counts failing to deliver show a need for a different system.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The fall of Abalos and Cerdan -- two of Sanchez's closest allies -- has embarrassed a Sanchez who took power promising to clean up Spanish politics.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Some young Americans are now pivoting their careers to try to seek paths that seem more promising and less likely to end up derailed by automation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

He was doing nothing more promising than buying common stocks and nothing more complicated than sitting in a room reading financial statements.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis