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progression

[pruh-gresh-uhn] / prΙ™ΛˆgrΙ›Κƒ Ι™n /


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GMPs carrying CAR receptors slowed disease progression in both types of cancer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Interestingly, as his career progressed, Lichtenstein seems to have become more interested in channeling art history—a progression that is the inverse of most artists’.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The government says it will expand the use of so-called "blitz" or "short trial" courts after pilots have shown that grouping similar cases together can speed up their progression through the courts - cutting backlogs.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“That decrease in the weight definitely slows down progression of degeneration in the spine or in the joint.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

It says nothing about what drove the progression from bands to tribes to chiefdoms during all the millennia before the prospect of large-scale irrigation loomed up on the horizon.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Then it became just this thing during sound check or maybe in the middle of sets, we’d just start jamming these random progressions and stuff, and it kind of just evolved from there naturally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Weir’s approach on rhythm guitar featured intricate chord voicings, sophisticated interplay with Garcia, and modal progressions inspired by 1960s jazz pianists, including McCoy Tyner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

And then he wrote this song that kind of had some similar chord progressions in it.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

"As a fundamental principle in music composition, it is necessary to combine temporal sequences from tension-building to resolution in various scales, from harmonic progressions to entire movements," Nagai writes.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024

Extensive study and practice are needed to be able to identify and understand these more complex progressions.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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