make progress

idiom

: to move forward in one's work or activity

We're not finished yet, but we're making progress.

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Guglielmi said that in the past year, the Secret Service has worked with Congress and the DHS to make progress on planning the construction of an eventual White House Defense Training Facility. —

Danielle Jennings, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024 Ukraine could make progress in Kursk because Russia refused to relocate its best forces there; Russia could make progress in the Donbas because Ukraine had sent some of its best fighters into Kursk. —

Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024 Even so, the community continues to make progress in reaching outlying areas with supplies, the Facebook post went on. —

Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024 The conversation underscored how the current realities of Black economic life will only be fixed if policymakers, business leaders and community advocates come together more often and more quickly to make progress. —

Alphonso David, Essence, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for make progress

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