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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With this information at hand, cosmologists can make progress by accepting that something is missing from the LCDM model while simultaneously eliminating other models that suggest the Hubble constant is the same across the cosmos.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Residents who support efforts to reduce waste and control trash removal costs that hurt our city budget are worried that this botched rollout means the city won't make progress on those issues.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
South Africa's summit had an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the developing world, and leaders and top government officials came together at an exhibition center near the township of Soweto, which was once home to Nelson Mandela.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
Decisions at COPs are made by consensus, meaning countries must agree on everything — a feature which technically gives any nation a veto and can make progress very slow and fraught.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Residents who support efforts to reduce waste and control trash removal costs that hurt our city budget are worried that this botched rollout means the city won't make progress on those issues.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
South Africa's summit had an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the developing world, and leaders and top government officials came together at an exhibition center near the township of Soweto, which was once home to Nelson Mandela.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
Decisions at COPs are made by consensus, meaning countries must agree on everything — a feature which technically gives any nation a veto and can make progress very slow and fraught.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Make progress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20progress. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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