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Synonyms

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]

Example Sentences

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In other words, the White House is a work in progress, like American democracy itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

More than 110 applications have already been submitted, with more than 50 others in progress.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

And yet, charity efforts to support residents affected by the flooding are already in progress.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Blue Origin said Thursday that its designs for Project Sunrise’s satellites are still a work in progress.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

But he was often talked at, while they were in progress, by reason of Mrs. Joe’s perceiving that he was not favourable to my being taken from the forge.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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