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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The potential best new artist class of ’26 is not an all-star team but a promising roundup of rookies (though many are veterans of TikTok and/or YouTube).
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Lori Majewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Second, the rookie wall — late December has undone a lot of promising rookie campaigns with some bad tape and things to work on.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
In early 2020, a bevy of new hypercars was announced—several promising at least 300 mph.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
But for the millions of people bearing the brunt of housing deficits and the global housing mismatch, this sounds like a promising approach to partially tackling these issues.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
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Lori Majewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Second, the rookie wall — late December has undone a lot of promising rookie campaigns with some bad tape and things to work on.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
In early 2020, a bevy of new hypercars was announced—several promising at least 300 mph.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
But for the millions of people bearing the brunt of housing deficits and the global housing mismatch, this sounds like a promising approach to partially tackling these issues.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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