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Breakthrough: meaning and example

noun · In the sense illustrated below

An important advance after a period of difficulty.

Example sentence

“Finding the missing record was a breakthrough in our research.”

An illustrative sentence written for Ikigain.

This example illustrates a positive sense or context. The same word can have other meanings; choose it for what you actually want to say.

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