as in incursion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
the army is finally making inroads into enemy territory
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Recent Examples of inroad
Now, as Missouri looks to make inroads in recruiting and retaining primary care providers, those communities bear the brunt of the shortages.
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Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Former Vice President Harris won New Jersey in last year’s presidential election, but Republicans made inroads in the state.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 May 2025
Even after accounting for multiple countries cutting their foreign aid budgets in recent months, new medical advances — from vaccines to nutritional education initiatives — could make inroads toward cutting the child mortality rate in half yet again, Gates wrote in his blog.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 13 May 2025
Last year, Trump, a Republican, made inroads in heavily Puerto Rican areas of eastern Pennsylvania and turned South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley while improving his numbers along Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
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Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Former Vice President Harris won New Jersey in last year’s presidential election, but Republicans made inroads in the state.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 May 2025
Even after accounting for multiple countries cutting their foreign aid budgets in recent months, new medical advances — from vaccines to nutritional education initiatives — could make inroads toward cutting the child mortality rate in half yet again, Gates wrote in his blog.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 13 May 2025
Last year, Trump, a Republican, made inroads in heavily Puerto Rican areas of eastern Pennsylvania and turned South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley while improving his numbers along Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inroad
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In the years since, Chinese incursions into the areas surrounding what Japan refers to as the Senkaku Islands—administered by Japan but also claimed by China, which refers to them as the Diaoyu Islands—have become more frequent, with greater numbers of larger and more heavily armed vessels.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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In response to criticism of the Israeli military’s further incursion into Gaza, Netanyahu launched a blistering attack on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Carney, saying the leaders are on the wrong side of justice.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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The previous talks on May 16 in the same Turkish city were the first direct peace negotiations since the early weeks of Moscow's 2022 invasion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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The previous talks on May 16 in the same Turkish city were the first direct peace negotiations since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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When Pride Month began The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a year after the violent police raid at New York’s Stonewall Inn, a gay bar.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Earlier in the year, CBP agents conducted a three-day raid in rural parts of Kern County targeting day laborers and Latino farmworkers.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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“Inroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inroad. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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