Example Sentences

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His team-mate Oscar Piastri had progressed significantly through some assiduous work with the team over the winter, and Norris was not feeling the car in the way he needed to be quick.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Her SMA had progressed too far for Kaspar’s drug to help her.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2025

Although his mother had just died in October 2020 from the same cancer, science had progressed tremendously since his original diagnosis, and he immediately began chemotherapy en route to a stem cell transplant.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Carol’s nephrologist broke the news a few months later that her kidney function had deteriorated to 14%, meaning her chronic kidney disease had progressed to stage 5, described as “kidney failure.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

Society had progressed since the time of Gog.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife