'realizing progress' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the tangible results of taking specific steps towards a goal. For example, "We have been steadily improving our coaching strategies and are now finally realizing progress."
He concluded that poor countries might realize progress in productivity by adopting advanced technologies but that those advances would do little to increase employment.
I am willing to offer my consulting services free of charge to help realize progress in this way.
As early as July, Conference President Elayne Whyte Gómez of Costa Rica hopes to unveil a draft text — a "rapid pace," she explained, "reflecting the urgency Member States attach to the need to realize progress in nuclear disarmament".
"There's work to be done, savings to be found, synergies to be realized and progress to be made," Mr. Eckert said.
The international community, especially the United States, should realize that progress in Afghanistan should be measured in the number of successful homegrown projects that assistance makes possible, not in the mileage of roads built or the amount of aid dollars spent.
It's important to realize the progress that today's youth has made since the days of high teenage pregnancy rates, but I feel as if credit for this phenomenon is not being properly paid.
In some sessions/workouts, you may realize great progress, while in others, you may simply feel pain.
DARPA, having realized the progress accumulated throughout the study, urged the Northrop team to remain together.
The message is clear: Americans realize medical progress is inextricably linked to better health.
Or, as one resource put simply, "Realize that progress is better than perfection".
