working toward

Example Sentences

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Progress toward a deal slowed Monday, though the two sides are working toward a memorandum of understanding that would end the fighting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Just remember those are teenagers out there who’ve sacrificed and spent years working toward this moment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Overview is working toward an in-space demonstration in 2028, said Chief Executive Marc Berte, and targets commercial service two years after that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Srinivasan, for his part, has been working toward something like this for years.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Bouguer and La Condamine thus had spent nearly a decade working toward a result they didn’t wish to find only to learn now that they weren’t even the first to find it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson