progress
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AI's progress has been fast: at the 2024 IMO, Google achieved a silver-medal score, solving four of the six problems over two to three days.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
They will have to report annually on their progress.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The novel’s great achievement lies in its language, which forces the reader into a cognitive apprenticeship before revealing the cost of what we call progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“As soon as the ball was kicked, and the matches were in progress, that just completely pivoted to overwhelming positivity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Despite the delays, we were making progress on the device.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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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
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
While many develop memory loss and dementia as Alzheimer's progresses, others show little or no cognitive decline despite having the same underlying brain pathology.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Leukaemia is cancer of the white blood cells, and acute leukaemia means it progresses quickly and aggressively, and usually requires immediate treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Sometimes, in the darkness, Werner thinks the cellar may have its own faint light, perhaps emanating from the rubble, the space going a bit redder as the August day above them progresses toward dusk.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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But as the war progressed, monthly jobs numbers were surprisingly encouraging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
These particles may offer new biomarkers for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and determining how far it has progressed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
But, as the relationship progressed, Griffiths became more and more unreliable - often cancelling plans at the last minute.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Blake Snell, who also had loose bodies removed from his pitching elbow, progressed to throwing live batting practice on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
For humans, the name soon progressed from exceedingly rare to a perennial top five choice.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Yousif said prices and demand began easing shortly after US President Donald Trump announced last month that negotiations with Iran were progressing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Parallel to Byrd’s stirring public advocacy is a crucial personal thread: her nurturing of Shelly, whose progressing dementia requires regular supervision.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Though Rinsch told the streamer that his sci-fi show “White Horse” was progressing nicely, the filmmaker allegedly moved the remaining money into cryptocurrency and profited from crypto speculation over the next couple of years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The operational changes are progressing as planned, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Despite the difficult weather and the erratic performance of boat number one, things were progressing very well; the time trials were promising for so early in the season.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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