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breakthrough

noun as in advance, progress

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Sir Keir praised the "remarkable breakthrough" and called it an "important moment for peace in Ukraine".

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Don't call it a breakthrough, as there is still a long way to go before lasting peace.

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“Blood Knot,” the breakthrough play in which he found his voice as a dramatist, is about two brothers from the same mother, one dark-skinned, the other light-skinned.

Instead, it proved a significant moment for team-mate Walcott-Nolan as she achieved a breakthrough podium, having celebrated her 30th birthday by reaching the final on Thursday.

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Pop star Raye will also play just before Neil Young on the Saturday night, following her breakthrough set at lunchtime on the Pyramid Stage just two years ago.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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