Sentence examples for this was progress from inspiring English sources

You'd think this was progress.

For Villa this was progress.

This was progress for a poor island.

This was progress but it was matched by others.

Yet some Japanese questioned whether this was progress.

Once I had swallowed my chagrin, I was forced to admit this was progress.

This is progress, surely.

"This is progress".

This is progress of sorts.

This is progress, I thought!

Still, this is progress.