as in incursion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
the army is finally making inroads into enemy territory
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Recent Examples of inroad
The company also has been staging a comeback in China, a market where local phone brands have made inroads with consumers.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
The global sailing league, featuring 12 national teams racing identical F50 catamarans with co-ed crews at speeds up to 60 mph, has also made significant inroads with investors over the past 18 months.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The president also made significant inroads with young men, who historically have leaned more toward the Democrats.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
The investment, if confirmed, indicates Meta’s growing inroads into wearable technology — a key priority for CEO Mark Zuckerberg — and an opportunity for the company to build out its own hardware.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 9 July 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
The global sailing league, featuring 12 national teams racing identical F50 catamarans with co-ed crews at speeds up to 60 mph, has also made significant inroads with investors over the past 18 months.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The president also made significant inroads with young men, who historically have leaned more toward the Democrats.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
The investment, if confirmed, indicates Meta’s growing inroads into wearable technology — a key priority for CEO Mark Zuckerberg — and an opportunity for the company to build out its own hardware.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inroad
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Scenarios encountered by drivers include other vehicles, pavement quality, debris on the road, pedestrians (alert or looking at their phone), traffic signals, signage, animal incursions, and weather variability which affects both perception and tire traction.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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To be sure, even if Europe is generally equipped to handle a possible Russian incursion, some specific U.S. ground systems will be difficult to replace.—
Christopher S. Chivvis,
Foreign Affairs,
23 July 2025
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Zelensky has also warned that territory conceded to Russia would simply be used as a springboard for further invasions, as happened with Crimea, illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, and used as a launchpad for the full-scale war in 2022.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Japanese tech company has operated in Russia since 2006, but after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine began scaling back operations, halting console shipments and closing online and brick-and-mortar stores.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Since then, his administration has ramped up immigration raids on businesses, threatened widespread deportation, and canceled temporary legal status for more than a million people living in the United States.—
Alexander Kustov,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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In another instance, troops that went with a federal agency conducting a raid at a cannabis farm in Riverside County formed a security perimeter that prevented people from leaving.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Inroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inroad. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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