promising
adjective
prom·is·ing
ˈprä-mə-siŋ 
: full of promise : likely to succeed or to yield good results
a promising new medicine
promisingly
adverb
Examples of promising in a Sentence
The neighborhood didn't look very promising.
a promising writer who just may write the great American novel someday
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Earlier interpretations of Cassini measurements pointed to a massive subsurface ocean of liquid water, long considered one of Titan’s most promising features for potential life.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
And with a promising slate of 2026 movies forthcoming, these moviegoing numbers have a chance to increase even more, Cinema United emphasized.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
For the Cuban leadership, Torres Pérez concludes, the private sector is a mere pressure-release valve, easing unemployment and furnishing consumer staples, not a promising engine of dynamic growth.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Drucker, who at the time was studying a promising new group of drugs for diabetes, was concerned about the extra time and expense, too.
—Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
And with a promising slate of 2026 movies forthcoming, these moviegoing numbers have a chance to increase even more, Cinema United emphasized.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
For the Cuban leadership, Torres Pérez concludes, the private sector is a mere pressure-release valve, easing unemployment and furnishing consumer staples, not a promising engine of dynamic growth.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Drucker, who at the time was studying a promising new group of drugs for diabetes, was concerned about the extra time and expense, too.
—Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for promising
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“Promising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promising. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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