Examples of headway in a Sentence
the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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Yesterday and today are excellent times to finish major writing projects, or at least make good headway.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Since its discovery in 2009, scientists have made little headway in understanding the mysterious origins of these excess gamma rays.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Leaders remain at loggerheads over how to proceed, with rank-and-file negotiations making little headway so far.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
Well, the one issue where the opposition could actually make a lot of headway is on the economy.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Since its discovery in 2009, scientists have made little headway in understanding the mysterious origins of these excess gamma rays.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Leaders remain at loggerheads over how to proceed, with rank-and-file negotiations making little headway so far.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
Well, the one issue where the opposition could actually make a lot of headway is on the economy.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Headway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headway. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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headway
noun
head·way
-ˌwā 
1
: motion forward
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