inroad
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈɪnˌroʊd/
- In the election, however, the ANC failed to make any significant inroads into racial minority communities.
- make inroads
- significant inroads
- deep inroads
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Watch on YouTubeAnd Harvey Milk is the most connected guy in the Castro, and he offers to help them make inroads with the gay bars.
- And Harvey Milk is the most connected guy in the Castro, and he offers to help them make inroads with the gay bars.
- I just think those those communities have gotten louder and they've made more inroads in the public education system.
- And we're so far from that right now that any inroads in that direction are things that I'm going to celebrate.
- You can lose and lose badly, even for a number of years and then begin to make inroads again.
- Or maybe I feel anxious and frustrated that I've tried to tackle my clutter in the past and really haven't made good inroads.
- Why has technology not made inroads into the way in which the thing itself, the architecture itself, is made?
- And I think some people have tried to make some little inroads into figuring out what kinds of factors shape some of these preferences.
- So I see it making inroads really broadly around society, a whole range of areas not, but not not at one time and at different speeds.
- Start making you know, start making inroads again with your own friend group.
- And we and we, we are making some great inroads into helping people.
- You can't make inroads, do you know, on your on your triceps.
- The minute you start making inroads or maybe this person or maybe this person, we're we're done for.
- You know, I'm happy to come over and help examine your, your knee, your leg, you know, please let us let us make inroads with you.
Examples
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When foreign goods began to make inroads, the response was defensive and protectionist.
Academic text (1993) -
Furthermore, Argentina had made few inroads into markets for more sophisticated products, where price might be less critical.
Academic text (2001) -
We could get an inroad into consumer and retail banking.
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Believe it or not, we scientists are making huge inroads into that area.
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Women have made tremendous inroads into distance running in the past two decades.
Academic text (2000) -
Despite these hurdles, some classes of smart materials are currently making inroads in a variety of commercial applications.
Academic text (2002) -
English is making inroads through consumer goods such as video rentals and cable television.
Academic text (1991) -
We have made several new inroads since integrating the health and literacy components of the project.
Academic text (1993) -
We've seen major inroads in HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The new smartphone series is making significant inroads into the competitive tech market.
Synonyms
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4.2
A sudden large group of animals or people entering a place
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8.0
Entry into a place that is sudden and unwanted, often by many people or things
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6.1
A big step forward in one area of work or study
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7.4
Slow unwanted spreading into an area that changes how people live
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Etymology
Inroad comes from the parts in- ('into') and road ('way' or 'path'). So to make inroads into a market or field is like making a 'way in' — an advance that begins to enter and change that area.