Progress and Step

Progress

Progress noun - Forward movement in time or place.

Usage example: we're making slow progress against this stiff headwind

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Step and progress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step" instead the word "Progress" as a noun or a verb.

Step noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Progress and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Progress" instead the word "Step" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

good	good progress	good step
common	common progress	common step
positive	positive progress	positive step
considerable	considerable progress	considerable step
Other adjectives: real, great, little, slight, important, personal, new, major, few, further, additional, significant, tremendous, last, evolutionary.

After years of denying her funding and manpower, they step in to claim the ruins that are Marion's pet project when she actually starts making progress in her Branch office.

Source: Stealing the Credit
Having max (or even progress toward it) Charm/Academics/Courage means every mandatory step raising them becomes free time to work on social links instead, meaning the schedule for obtaining Orpheus Telos is much less restrictive.

Source: Guide Dang It / Eastern RPG
It is later revealed, though, that losing one's fear completely is an absolutely normal and necessary step in the progress of an any self-respecting mage.

Source: Literature / Labyrinths of Echo

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