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
Listen to this article Without public funding, the Burn Institute relies on events such as the annual San Diego County Fair to make inroads with the community and share fire safety tips.
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Crypto continues to make inroads into mainstream financial conversations, and FTX’s former customers are finally getting reimbursed, but the lessons learned from FTX are equally as important now as ever before.
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—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
In late 2024, Amazon’s quarterly revenue surpassed Walmart’s for the first time, in an indication that tech conglomerate is making inroads into more parts of the economy.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
There, also, streamers are making inroads with Netflix securing rights to an NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day last year.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Crypto continues to make inroads into mainstream financial conversations, and FTX’s former customers are finally getting reimbursed, but the lessons learned from FTX are equally as important now as ever before.
Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
In late 2024, Amazon’s quarterly revenue surpassed Walmart’s for the first time, in an indication that tech conglomerate is making inroads into more parts of the economy.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
There, also, streamers are making inroads with Netflix securing rights to an NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day last year.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inroad
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North Korean troops have been deployed to Kursk since late October to repel Ukraine’s incursion in the southern Russian border region.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Devastating incursions in the East, displacing millions of people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There are no indications of a home invasion or anything like that, sources tell me, but the cops do believe more is going on than first assumed.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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That sentiment was compounded earlier in the day when the U.S. joined Russia, North Korea and Belarus in opposing a United Nations resolution condemning the invasion.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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Military bloggers from both sides say Ukraine is on the back foot, while Ukraine’s army says Russian forces used a gas pipeline to launch a surprise raid in one area.—
Maria Kostenko, Christian Edwards and Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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In separate raids on Crimean anchorages in February, May and June 2024, the USVs sank a corvette, a landing ship, a patrol boat and a tugboat.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Inroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inroad. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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