headways

noun

plural of headway
as in processes
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 headways In heavy urban freeway congestion (the type common in California), rapid braking and short headways create chain-reaction risk. — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Three times as many routes will operate 15-minute headways compared to today, and weekend service will match that of weekdays. — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Braidwood admits there were also business headways, which in many ways, were affected by the safety concerns and AI unknowns. — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headways
  1. processes
  2. advances
  3. advancements
  4. progressions
  5. processions
  6. progresses
Noun
  • IPOs and public-market financing require disclosure, compliance processes and legal predictability.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • On the other end are enterprises that generate value from AI through productivity and lower costs gained via automating customer service, streamlining business processes, and catching fraud.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of processes
Noun
  • They are designed to hold the developer accountable as the project advances, create substantial construction demand for skilled trades workers and support long-term careers in engineering, cybersecurity and advanced technology operations.
    — Ron Kitchens, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The daily operation of DeepMind, which works on the underlying AI research that fuels all of Google’s Gemini advances, will be handed off to Koray Kavukcuoglu.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of advances
Noun
  • In this light, tech advancements like Tuesday’s announcement represent an attempt to limit the differentiation from traditional filmmaking — and consumer fallout in the process.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • New advancements in genetic testing, driven by more affordable technology and powerful AI, are making universal genome sequencing a reality.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of advancements
Noun
  • Rooker underwent surgery on July 17, while Clarke and Severino are in the middle of recovery progressions.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • If the opening fanfares for Brat tracks served as invitations to the dance floor, Music’s crunchy progressions invite the question of where else Charli, Cook, and Keane are headed.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of progressions
Noun
  • Other years devolved into long single-file processions where the handful of surviving cars simply tried to avoid becoming the next caution.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • To show evil forces and spirits that their god would confront them, devotees carried him around the city in processions that resembled those seen throughout Kyoto today.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of processions
Noun
  • Maybe that approach changes as camp progresses, and the edge rushers become more involved.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The cost of changing a design decision generally rises as construction progresses.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 30 July 2026
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