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Advances or penetrations; Encroachments; Progress.

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Usage examples (33)
  • The rest of us have got to stand together and resist inroads from the dictators.
  • The move towards MP MACs, though, may result in inroads into the business apps and increased sales in that sector? — b
  • The only player to have made any inroads is American Brian Stuard, who is three under through eight holes, four-under for the tournament.
  • The inroads are a start, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women at Rutgers University, but there is more work to do.
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