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 As long as Argentina keeps progressing, Messi will keep scoring. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 July 2026 The vessel has officially entered the water and is progressing through sea trials. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 Johnson used eye-tracking technology to speak about how the fast-progressing disease has stolen his physical strength, even as his mind remains sharp. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 This time, progressing deeper into the tournament is not merely a fond hope but a fairly reasonable expectation. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026 Meteorologists expect the jet stream to shift just a bit starting late in the week and progressing through the weekend, AccuWeather said. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 July 2026 In hindsight, this is likely when my cutaneous mastocytosis was progressing to systemic mastocytosis. — Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026 Their chances of progressing in the soccer tournament dwindled further when they were beaten 3-0 by Brazil in Miami on Wednesday, June 24. — Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 Saudi Arabia is in a trickier position; the country is set to host the 2034 World Cup and is anxious to ensure that its national team is a worthy participant capable of, at least, progressing to the competition’s knockout phase. — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressing
  1. growing
  2. doing
  3. developing
  4. proceeding
  5. aging
  6. going
  7. coming
  8. marching
Verb
  • The group, already one of the largest White supremacist organizations in the country, is quickly growing its membership, at a time when hate crimes are on the rise.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Definition of growing
Verb
  • The young man was doing LeBron James’ silencer celebration after scoring a goal one moment and being tagged with soccer’s equivalent of a Flagrant 2 the next — because of how one moment was assessed on tape delay.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The city’s police department will be doing safety checks in the area as well.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • Proxima is developing stellarator technology, one of a handful of approaches to fusion, and hopes to have its fusion demonstrator — a proof-of-concept precursor to a commercial power plant — up and running in the early 2030s.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Genetics also appears to play a significant role, as women who have a close relative with endometriosis face a substantially higher risk of developing the condition themselves.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of developing
Verb
  • Assessing basic risk factors and proceeding with the basics of the annual physical exam are all that is needed most of the time.
    — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • Those paratroopers knew that this operation was proceeding with extremely limited training and intelligence.
    — Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of proceeding
Verb
  • New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • The new fleet will replace Canada’s four aging Victoria-class submarines, which were purchased secondhand from the United Kingdom in the late 1990s.
    — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of aging
Verb
  • But gooey emotions are still not going to stop Navy vet Everett from going action-hero, as seen in the finale trailer.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • For instance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been politically weakened by the Iran war’s major objectives going unfulfilled.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Beyond California, scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers in the coming weeks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Over the coming days, he is expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Russia's war.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • In this week's edition of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Vincent Ni takes readers to central London's Waterloo Place, where a life-size Banksy installation depicts a suited man marching over a precipice while hoisting a flag.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • Demonstrators express frustration Protesters marching through Johannesburg’s city center Tuesday included young men carrying traditional fighting sticks and women of all ages.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of marching

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