BREAKTHROUGH in a Sentence

Learn BREAKTHROUGH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

11 example sentences for BREAKTHROUGH, such as:

1. These results represent a major breakthrough in Aids research.
2. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.
3. Scientists are on the brink of a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer.
4. Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
5. Scientists are hoping for a breakthrough in the search for a cure for cancer.

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 Meanings and Examples of BREAKTHROUGH
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breakthrough
 n.  act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
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1  If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous.
2  Scientists are on the brink of a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer.
3  Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
4  Scientists are hoping for a breakthrough in the search for a cure for cancer.
5  These results represent a major breakthrough in Aids research.
6  The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.
7  The president announces what he calls a breakthrough in Copenhagen on the climate change summit.
8  AIDS organizations have hailed the drug pricing deal as a breakthrough, with the potential to save millions of lives.
9  They've raised serious objections, removing any hope of a speedy breakthrough.
10  He does not rule out a sudden breakthrough that might cut the Gordian knot and make such ledgers more scalable.
11  You may now compose your hoary hosannas to this breakthrough for humankind -- or, at least, something that seems kind of human.