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Example sentences for: inroads

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He has disappointed conservatives by treating rent control as part of natural law, and by making no serious inroads on the city's bloated labor costs.
While we have made significant inroads, there remains much to be done and it is clear that we cannot do it alone.
The Post piece says Castro is making diplomatic inroads in the English-speaking Caribbean as U.S. aid drops, while the NYT notes that it was the U.S. that actually finished the airport the Cubans were working on at the time of the invasion.
And while multinational chains have made inroads, they seem less blatant here than elsewhere.
Although automation of sewing operations is generally not cost effective, these innovations have made some inroads in particular segments.