make progress
idiom
: to move forward in one's work or activity
We're not finished yet, but we're making progress.
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While Italy is expected to make progress in bringing its deficit under control, France shows no signs of doing so, Nomura outlined.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
While Bollinger’s struggle to make progress with the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter has made headlines, few realize that the shipyard is also having trouble building four research ships—two entirely different classes of research vessel for different users.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Our young people especially deserve the opportunity to learn how to work on hard problems, to fail, to persist and eventually to make progress.
—Brendan Harley, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The rover's stop at Kerrlaguna follows an earlier attempt to climb a rocky slope toward a site called Midtoya, where Perseverance struggled to make progress over loose, uneven terrain and ultimately turned back, the agency said.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
While Bollinger’s struggle to make progress with the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter has made headlines, few realize that the shipyard is also having trouble building four research ships—two entirely different classes of research vessel for different users.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Our young people especially deserve the opportunity to learn how to work on hard problems, to fail, to persist and eventually to make progress.
—Brendan Harley, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
The rover's stop at Kerrlaguna follows an earlier attempt to climb a rocky slope toward a site called Midtoya, where Perseverance struggled to make progress over loose, uneven terrain and ultimately turned back, the agency said.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Make progress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20progress. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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