make a breakthrough

Frequency: 8.118.2 per million words

To make an important discovery or achievement.

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  • Scientists have finally made a breakthrough in understanding the disease.
  • The company hopes to make a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology this year.
  • After months of deadlock, the negotiators made a breakthrough in the peace talks.
  • She felt she had made a personal breakthrough when she overcame her fear of public speaking.
  • Researchers are working around the clock, hoping to make a breakthrough in finding a vaccine.
  • It takes immense dedication and a bit of luck to make a scientific breakthrough.
  • The team couldn't make a breakthrough until they started collaborating with another lab.
  • What if we could make a breakthrough that would solve the global water crisis?
  • He made a breakthrough in his career when he invented the new software.
  • The police made a crucial breakthrough in the case after finding new evidence.