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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These three forces coming together certainly bodes a promising outcome for this venture.
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Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The idea the experience sparks — a titillating rendezvous with the naked man at the bottom of her sake glass, Jane would never — is enough to kickstart her writing, at least to spit out some very promising pages.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
If anything, the research holds some promising takeaways for people.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 20 May 2025
Something for almost everybody The Anno games scratch an itch that no other games do, and based on a few hours with a preview build, Anno 117 seems like a promising entry in that unique tradition.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The idea the experience sparks — a titillating rendezvous with the naked man at the bottom of her sake glass, Jane would never — is enough to kickstart her writing, at least to spit out some very promising pages.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
If anything, the research holds some promising takeaways for people.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 20 May 2025
Something for almost everybody The Anno games scratch an itch that no other games do, and based on a few hours with a preview build, Anno 117 seems like a promising entry in that unique tradition.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 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 25 May. 2025.
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