How to Use inroad in a Sentence

inroad

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  • Explore the fields in which women have made the most inroads, and the least.
    — Vanessa Fuhrmans, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King made inroads for the fantasy genre back in 2003.
    — WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But since the fighting ended, Ankara has made inroads with the east.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • All three fintech firms are seeking to make inroads in the US.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
  • At the same time Mr Johnson made inroads among younger voters.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • To make inroads with them, Mr Beshear must instil fear about the prospect of policy change.
    — I.k. | Lexington, The Economist, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Unions in the United States have made few inroads after years of campaigns.
    — New York Times, 15 May 2020
  • In two years, the free program has already made leadership inroads in the city.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • This is not a time for downcast doubts: Liberals need to keep it up and amp it up, the better to make inroads in the many battles that lie ahead.
    — Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Candidates who are the most blunt in knocking Trump aren’t making inroads in Iowa.
    — Thomas Beaumont and Steve Peoples, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • Despite that, sales tripled as Huawei made inroads into Europe, Asia and Africa.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2019
  • The president has won the backing of most of the country’s largest union groups at a time when Trump has also sought to make inroads with rank-and-file members.
    — Arlette Saenz, CNN, 11 July 2024
  • He's made inroads in Georgia, a state Democrats are angling to move to the front of their primary calendar.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
  • That comes as emerging rivals have made inroads in key markets.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The move spared Google from losing a major tech partner and kept Bing from making further inroads in the search market.
    — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The Cuba post marks another inroad for China in a region the U.S. has long seen as its preserve.
    — Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 9 June 2023
  • Three of the names on his list are black Republicans who could help make inroads with the minority vote.
    — Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 June 2024
  • At the same time, Wagner was making profitable inroads in Africa.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Now electric cars are making scorching inroads on the racing scene, faster than many folks dared to believe.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The former president has eroded labor support for Democrats in the Rust Belt, and could try to make further inroads ahead of the 2024 election.
    — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past year, Oppo and Vivo phones have made aggressive inroads into the African market.
    — Alexandria Williams, Quartz Africa, 12 Dec. 2019
  • And Bloomberg clearly has made inroads with certain voters.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Elsewhere, right-wing populists are making inroads with a tough-on-crime message.
    — Daniel Politi, ajc, 28 May 2023
  • Due payments can often be a gauge of which members are building inroads with their caucus.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
  • Google has struggled for years to make inroads in financial services.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2019
  • While most of the audience derives from the adult R&B sector, the song is making inroads at the mainstream R&B/hip-hop format, climbing 10% in plays in the last tracking week.
    — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 10 May 2023
  • John Fogerty, one of few Americans to have made inroads outside of America, had such a voice.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 June 2023
  • The hope is that an iPad version will boost the app’s popularity in health-care settings, where tablets have already made inroads.
    — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Despite a range of initiatives to support young filmmakers, many still struggle to make inroads into the industry.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • Trump has attempted to exploit that trend to make inroads with traditionally Democratic voting blocs.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 July 2024

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