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
Synonyms
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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Country singer-songwriter Tucker Wetmore has had an extremely promising career launch thanks to a pair of songs that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 and rose into the top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 22 July 2024
Miller joined former Airplane member Skip Spence and other local musicians in forming Moby Grape, which quickly won a reputation as one of the most promising bands in the Bay Area.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024
The most promising systems use radar (radio waves) that can sense an occupant with high precision and the remote sensing method lidar (Light Detection and Ranging), which can detect micro movements such as the heartbeat of an infant.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
The study, published by Bullion dealer SD Bullion, ranked Arizona as the sixth most promising state for finding gold, based on data from the United States Geological Survey.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 22 July 2024
Miller joined former Airplane member Skip Spence and other local musicians in forming Moby Grape, which quickly won a reputation as one of the most promising bands in the Bay Area.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024
The most promising systems use radar (radio waves) that can sense an occupant with high precision and the remote sensing method lidar (Light Detection and Ranging), which can detect micro movements such as the heartbeat of an infant.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
The study, published by Bullion dealer SD Bullion, ranked Arizona as the sixth most promising state for finding gold, based on data from the United States Geological Survey.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
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“Promising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promising. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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