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progresses

  • present tense form of progress (3rd person singular).

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"You leave the hotel at 8.30... it feels as if it was noontime. And as the day progresses, it just gets hotter and hotter and hotter," said Yesenia Gueta, 47, visiting from Los Angeles.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

They first appear at higher latitudes and gradually move closer to the solar equator as the cycle progresses.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Typically lenders release installments of the insurance funds as construction progresses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The miner can grow its output by up to 30% by 2028 as its Centinela second concentrator project progresses, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

This shows that, indeed, Achilles is getting arbitrarily close to the two-foot mark as the race progresses: two feet is the limit of the race.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife