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Synonyms

in progress

Idioms  

  1. Going on, under way, happening, as in She's got another book in progress, or The game was already in progress when I tuned in. [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

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I stare at the minutes ticking by on the screen, the call still in progress, but when I hold it up to my ear there’s only static.

From Literature

“But what if I find peace in progress? Or pleasure in pain?”

From Literature

“If you find peace in progress, then peace was your ultimate goal, and that’s where you belong. And if you find pleasure in pain, I suspect you have bigger problems.”

From Literature

“I’m just not so sure anymore. She could be bored in Peace. Or exhausted in Progress. Overwhelmed in Pleasure!”

From Literature

Enforcement of such policies remains a work in progress.

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