Examples of headway in a Sentence
the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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Harry Kane was out with an ankle issue ahead of next week's Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid and Nicolas Jackson was suspended so Serge Gnabry was tasked with leading the Bayern attack but made little headway.
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ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Has any federal plan to tax the wealthy made any headway in Congress?
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Lawmakers and aides have called the conversations constructive with positive headway.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 24 Mar. 2026
Making serious headway on housing would require some politically difficult policy changes.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Has any federal plan to tax the wealthy made any headway in Congress?
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Lawmakers and aides have called the conversations constructive with positive headway.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 24 Mar. 2026
Making serious headway on housing would require some politically difficult policy changes.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for headway
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“Headway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headway. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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headway
noun
head·way
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1
: motion forward
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