in progress

Idioms  

1. Going on, under way, happening, as in She's got another book in progress, or The game was already in progress when I tuned in. [c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

This critical aspect of the plan is clearly still a work in progress.

From BBC

She is the only one of them facing deportation - her husband is a permanent resident, her daughter is a US citizen and her son has a green card application in progress.

From BBC

The cases resulted in 1,190 convictions and 771 acquittals while others were in progress or dormant.

From Reuters

After Athena dies suddenly in June’s presence, choking on pancakes while drunkenly celebrating a Netflix deal, June steals Athena’s work in progress, a novel about Chinese laborers who were sent by the British to the Allied Front during World War I. She sends it out as her own, and publishers swoon: June gets the six-figure advance and spot on the best-seller list that she feels she deserves.

From New York Times

To illustrate how effective real-time deepfakes can be, the LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Government Group shared a video that David Maimon, a criminology professor at Georgia State University, grabbed from the dark web of an apparent catfishing scam in progress.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• continuing
• current
• growing
• open-ended
• successful