Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for in progress. Search instead for solid progress.
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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Instead of gathering people in a room to give feedback on a work in progress, for example, creators could use AI personas to test how their movie or TV show will play with different audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

When we watch movies, we’re being plunked into a story already in progress.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

And yet it remains a work in progress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The arrests also included Arthur Goldreich, who had 'driven into the farm as the police raid was in progress.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.