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
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The neighborhood didn't look very promising.
a promising writer who just may write the great American novel someday
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Hours before SpaceX began trading, Jim Cramer said that early signs of demand for the IPO looked promising — allaying some of the fears in the market about whether the banks would stick the landing and what the Club had been protecting against all week by making incremental sales to boost our cash.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 June 2026
Researchers are framing it as a promising off-ramp from GLP-1 weight loss drugs, and the biology behind it is unusual enough to be worth understanding.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
Two showed employment letters on Caddell stationery signed by a company representative promising annual salaries topping nearly $29,000.
—Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Hours before SpaceX began trading, Jim Cramer said that early signs of demand for the IPO looked promising — allaying some of the fears in the market about whether the banks would stick the landing and what the Club had been protecting against all week by making incremental sales to boost our cash.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 June 2026
Researchers are framing it as a promising off-ramp from GLP-1 weight loss drugs, and the biology behind it is unusual enough to be worth understanding.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
Two showed employment letters on Caddell stationery signed by a company representative promising annual salaries topping nearly $29,000.
—Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
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“Promising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promising. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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