as in progress
forward movement in time or place
the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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Recent Examples of headway
But talks toward an agreement, which appeared to be making serious headway last week, came to a standstill when ByteDance called the White House to inform it that the Chinese government would not let a TikTok deal proceed, Lauren Hirsch, David McCabe and Sapna Maheshwari reported for The Times.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Tune back into your daily load of responsibilities and make some headway on your to-do lists.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
If mortgage rates aren’t making much headway one way or the other this year, neither is the housing market itself.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
In one vision of this future, autonomous vehicles would share information with nearby cars to optimize traffic flow—perhaps, the researchers suggest, by prioritizing constant speeds and headways or by not passing others on the road.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Tune back into your daily load of responsibilities and make some headway on your to-do lists.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
If mortgage rates aren’t making much headway one way or the other this year, neither is the housing market itself.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
In one vision of this future, autonomous vehicles would share information with nearby cars to optimize traffic flow—perhaps, the researchers suggest, by prioritizing constant speeds and headways or by not passing others on the road.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headway
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As yet, there has been no real progress on that score.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the process unless material progress is made very soon.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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There is no sign outside Hurdle’s San Diego salon, but despite the low profile, her Instagram page warns that she’s usually booked months in advance.—
Lindsy Van Gelder,
Allure,
25 Apr. 2025
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While cancellation options are available in advance of the other three periods—broadly speaking, advertisers may back out of between 25% and 50% of their Q1, Q2 and Q3 upfront allocations—the ontological status of fall buys is a lot less equivocal.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The process continues until a candidate receives two-thirds of the vote, per USCCB.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Yet the Sexton case will guide future cases raising issues unrelated to the creative process or COVID-19.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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Police remain hopeful that recent advancements in DNA testing, which have been used on evidence collected in Amber's case, and new tips from the public will help solve the case.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Clear regulations are essential, and the progression of the U.S. Stable Act is expected to encourage more traditional financial institutions to engage in the compliant stablecoin market, thereby further fostering the industry’s healthy and positive growth.—
Chuck Zhang,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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That’s a natural career progression for a 37-year-old coach with a great reputation across baseball and a potential future as a bench coach or manager.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Prior to the service, the pope's body will be taken at 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday, April 23, into the adjacent St. Peter's Basilica in a procession led by cardinals.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Saturday, a priest bearing a cross led a procession into the center of the vast plaza, where a copy of the New Testament was placed on Francis' coffin.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Headway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headway. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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