progressing

verb

present participle of progress
1
as in growing
to become mature generally a species progresses from simple forms to more specialized forms

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2
as in doing
to move forward along a course our wedding plans are progressing nicely

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Recent Examples of progressing Block 59/Westridge Court More development is progressing at Naperville’s Block 59 dining and entertainment complex. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 The male cub is progressing well, feeding and adding weight as they are cared for in the zoo’s animal hospital. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 Salgado, who now lives with her parents and 6- and 8-year-old kids, says the last four or five years have been steady in terms of her ALS progressing. — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 What concerns me more is how quickly the technology is progressing. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Macdonald said that Darnold is progressing well and has at least a chance to start against the Washington Commanders next weekend. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 With Boone noting that Chisholm and Grisham are progressing on Friday, Cody Bellinger acknowledged that the Yankees’ hitters tried to do too much the last time Judge was on the IL. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 McConnell exchanged passes with Mac Allister before progressing the ball forward to Ngumoha. — Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Symptoms often begin with fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes before progressing to a distinctive rash. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressing
  1. growing
  2. doing
  3. developing
  4. proceeding
  5. aging
  6. going
  7. coming
  8. marching
Verb
  • China has deployed troops alongside Russian forces for a large multinational military exercise that Moscow says incorporates lessons from the war in Ukraine, including the growing role of drones, electronic warfare and unmanned ground systems.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of growing
Verb
  • Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Anyone attempting to judge these works by their relationship to canonized video, computational art, and painting may have difficulty doing so.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • Broadcom’s silicon business is built around developing custom chips with companies such as OpenAI and Google.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Florida’s attorney general is suing to stop OpenAI from developing new AI models after the technology went rogue and hacked third-party services.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of developing
Verb
  • The answers offer the latest sign that Raman has been proceeding with caution on some of the DSA’s litmus test issues.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Even where data centers are proceeding at a robust clip and creating the most jobs public opinion has turned against them.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of proceeding
Verb
  • Pham’s ducks stand out for their several-day dry-aging process, glossy crisp skin and live presentations.
    — Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • If approved by voters, the measure would provide funding to address aging school infrastructure and improve campus safety.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of aging
Verb
  • The morning commute on I-80 declined from Rocklin ahead of the Capitol City Freeway split going toward I-5.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Their resilience is, frankly, the thing that keeps the rest of us going.
    — Philip Weinberg, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Cheers to being impatient, being blonde, and everything coming full circle.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The fact that these record numbers are coming months early, with plenty of time to strengthen, is what is alarming.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • Back then, with no off-ramp in sight in the Middle East, oil was marching higher, stoking inflation fears, and bond yields went along for the ride.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Many English, Welsh and Scottish people and most Irish people remained Catholic and thus opposed to the official religion, but the state churches were marching steadily away from them and toward fundamentalist revolution.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of marching

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“Progressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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