in progress
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“Your daddy is a work in progress, I’m a work in progress,” she sighs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Epoch-making, however, is a work in progress, with its ups and downs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Maresca will have wanted the win, no matter how it came, and City achieved it, even though it did carry a lot of the hallmarks of a work in progress.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The club hasn’t won the league since 2024—an eternity in the Abu Dhabi era—and its squad remains a work in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Subtle and vastly important chemical changes are constantly in progress, converting elements derived from air and water into forms suitable for use by plants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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