PROGRESSED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

progressed

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past tense of progress

as in grew

to become mature generally a species progresses from simple forms to more specialized forms

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as in proceeded

to move forward along a course our wedding plans are progressing nicely

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Recent Examples of progressed The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Sepesi said one of the biggest challenges with lung cancer is that symptoms often do not appear until the disease has progressed. — Tori Mason, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 No efforts have ever progressed beyond the exploratory stage. — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 This weekend has already seen a lot of beautiful moments of remembrance for Busch, the 41-year-old all-time great driver who died in May after his severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026 And indeed, no patients with undetectable ctDNA before endocrine therapy progressed. — Allessandra Dicorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 The show has also progressed from a solely in-person experience to one with main-stage panels that are streamed live for fans around the world via YouTube — a move born out of the COVID-19 pandemic-era virtual cons that has stuck. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 After he was intubated, the doctors ran some tests that determined his disease had progressed significantly in the last month. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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Melanie Lawrence, a 68-year-old independent, worries about wells going dry in her area near Willcox, where the groundwater grew so depleted that the land started to crack.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter thanks to the country’s powerful export machine, with domestic consumption still lagging and the authorities showing little interest in fiscal stimulus.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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In 2012, Brand took Australian journalist Liz Hayes’ head into his hands during an interview and proceeded to kiss her face and place his hands on her body.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
After cleaning the pizza slicer, an employee proceeded to return it to the pizza cutting table without sanitizing.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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This individual asset is often referred to as zest, and it can be purposefully developed to assist us in managing daily stressors as well as creating meaningful lives.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The Rockefeller Foundation has just published a policy proposal – developed in partnership with leading experts – that details how a Growth and Investment Reset could work.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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The bourbon was initially matured for seven years and then spent nine weeks in the distillery’s limestone cellar to finish.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
Bakker’s boyhood experience of the wild, unruly Pentecostal God might have matured into a due humility, a dumbstruck awe and a sense of wonder.

— David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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