in progress
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It’s a work in progress; you can see the beginnings of the cool building that they’re doing on the interior.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
May accepted improvement at the trust remained a "work in progress", and that it was challenging to change culture.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
There are just team names and logos, team records, game times, and the scores of games in progress or completed.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
The singer doesn’t mind being a work in progress.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
I can only explain the scientific mania that overtook my father during that spring of ’59 as a symptom of the belief in progress that was infecting everyone back then.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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