How to Use progress in a Sentence

progress

1 of 2 noun

• The project showed slow but steady progress.
• He made slow progress down the steep cliff.
• Two, the Suns are still a work in progress defending the dribble.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
• And stopping those spillovers hasn’t seen much progress.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• McCord showed some signs of progress in the second half.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• Neither has done much through the air, but the running game has seen some progress.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2023
• Since Sayonara is new, Ashton Aragon said the bar is still a bit of a work in progress.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• The Annenberg report notes slow progress over the years.
  — Joaquin Castro, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
• The Abraham Accords was progress in the right direction - that should be back in the plan.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 17 Nov. 2023
• The Aztecs saw progress in their first-time, full-time starter lured away from the defensive side of the football.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• All of this progress would end just a few years later when the Great Recession of 2008 hit.
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• Some progress is being made to ensure the safety of the youngest children caught in the conflict.
  — Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• To get any black, Indigenous, First Nations progress is such a task to get over the line.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 Oct. 2023
• That could slow progress to get U.S. drivers to adopt E.V.s—which still make up just 1 percent of cars on the road—even more.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
• But social and economic progress was not enough to save the country.
  — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
• There is a palpable fear that their own progress–and that of their children–will be cut short.
  — Janet Murguía, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
• For all the progress made recently, success is still elusive in many places.
  — Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• As countries make slow progress on that end, the window for success keeps shrinking.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2023
• Instead of progress in her case, Nicole got visits from Vicknair.
  — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• The city has a map that updates in real time to show where snow plowing is in progress and where it has been completed.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
• This isn’t something that just got commissioned overnight, because there’s a wave of progress.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• An essential part of any weight-loss plan is being able to maintain your progress.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 24 Mar. 2024
• Congress was back to work this week but didn't make much progress on tax and spending-related bills.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• The series then jumps forward to the year 2016, Carson has also passed and her estate auction is in progress.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• But in fits and starts, the post-Berlusconi years have seen progress toward gender equality.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
• Given the firm stance by both sides in the long-running dispute, the court case could drag on throughout 2024 if no progress is made in the January talks.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
• The sounds change based on the intensity of the light, allowing people with blindness or low vision to follow the progress of the eclipse.
  — Elise Hammond, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
• According to the indictment, Trump eagerly followed the progress of the plan.
  — Amy Gardner, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• The code had gone out just two minutes earlier on Feb. 7: active shooting in progress.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Johnson remains a work in progress in making his reads — both on passing plays and on read-option run plays.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023

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progress

2 of 2 verb

• The caravan progressed slowly across the desert.
• The project has been progressing slowly.
• The work is progressing and should be completed soon.
• The disease takes days to progress through Shiv’s body.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 June 2023
• The symptoms can progress over hours, days or weeks, the CDC said.
  — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• However, the report notes that progress in the U.S. has stalled.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
• Who is prepared to move and progress in one, three, or five years from now, to fill key roles?
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• This one is a bit unclear as the court case progresses.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
• The crowd steadily grew as the movie progressed; roughly half of the theater was on their feet when Red rolled around.
  — Amy Phillips, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2023
• Ray Wold, a mother-son student act progressed with the approval of 3 out of 4 judge.
  — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
• The scientists admit that there is still progress to be made in this research.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
• Their idea is to push back on the economic idea that links progress to expansion.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
• The way to progress faster is to open the research, so the larger community contributes to it.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
• Despite this, Downs said the family is glad to see the case progressing.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
• The changeover to sleet and rain will happen first in eastern parts of the region before progressing to the northwest.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• Instead, his face grew redder and redder as the evening progressed.
  — Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• Joyce, who went on the 15-day IL on June 10, has been responding to treatments and progressing as well as hoped.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• Cornett allowed two runs over the first two innings, but settled down as the game progressed.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2023
• Speaking of lines, as the morning progressed, the wait for the portable toilets grew to 20 minutes or more.
  — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
• The two hadn't even progressed enough to be cuddling, Carmen asserted in Episode 7.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• The leading threat to the species is drought, which is projected to get worse in the Sonoran Desert as climate change progresses.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2023
• But as the days have progressed with Bazoum still in detention, hopes of a reversal are starting to fade.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The hiring process for the Loons’ next head coach has been progressing and is nearing a conclusion.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2024
• Stocks closed higher, with the Nasdaq leading the way, as a debt-ceiling deal progressed, with the House passing a bill to avert a default.
  — WSJ, 1 June 2023
• Ford was spared from that expansion because talks with the union were progressing then.
  — Tom Krisher and David Koenig The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• Things quickly progressed, and the couple tied the knot in a small ceremony a year later.
  — Women's Health, 30 May 2023
• That helped stock indexes to reverse their losses as the day progressed.
  — Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
• Your goals are highlighted, thanks to the Moon marching through your ambitious 10th house, opening up a wide road to progress.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• The clout of platforms within the industry has progressed very quickly.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
• As the day progresses, Hood said there will be more moisture, gusty winds, and temperatures will be in the 70s and near the 80s for much of Arkansas.
  — Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2024

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