progress
noun
a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage.
had progressed
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past perfectof progress.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The bot told the patient, whose doctor had previously diagnosed him with mild cognitive impairment, that his condition had progressed to dementia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
By the second day, my casts had progressed from consistently awful to pretty decent about 40% of the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Her melanoma had progressed to Stage 4 and invaded her brain and lungs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Her SMA had progressed too far for Kaspar’s drug to help her.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025
Sumerian scribes had progressed to inscribing on clay tablets with sharpened reeds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
