advance
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The team's most important advance was finding a way to define the neutral axis using only the geometry of the color metric.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Under California’s primary system, only the two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary advance to the November general election, regardless of their party affiliation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Average hourly wages for permanent employees rose 3.2% on a year earlier, softening from the 4.8% advance the month before and below the 4.6% rise economists expected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The attacks happened as ceasefire negotiations between the US and Iran stalled, with a deal to end the war failing to advance.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“If you advance through the competition, you’ll be with him each of those times. That means you’ll be our eyes and ears in these rooms, and I can’t emphasize enough how vital that will be.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing advance
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 2
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