Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Progressing and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progressing" instead an adjective "Old".
Progressing
Old and progressing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Progressing".
Both words in one sentence
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Bad Religion did this in Into The Unknown, then went back again to their old style, progressing into a new sound in a more subtle way.
Source: New Sound Album -
They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, But sometimes I think progress is progressing too fast!
Source: Creator / Dr. Seuss -
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: This trope gradually creeps up over the course of the show — the common people are shown progressing from being innocent trampled victims of the upper class to the scapegoating predecessors of Those Wacky Nazis in their growing distaste for the old order.
Source: Theatre / Elisabeth
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