How to Use breakthrough in a Sentence
- This job could be the breakthrough she's been waiting for.
- The police have announced a breakthrough in the murder case.
- Researchers say they have made a major breakthrough in cancer treatment.
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And this led to her big breakthrough.
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Carol Sutton Lewis,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2026
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Then came a breakthrough the next year.
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Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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And then there was a breakthrough.
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Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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The breakthrough lies in salty ice.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the breakthrough was short-lived.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The move comes as there are no signs of a breakthrough.
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Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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That is not to say the field has lacked breakthroughs.
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IEEE Spectrum,
4 Mar. 2026
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The case has had a few breakthroughs, and some dead ends.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The case has had a few breakthroughs, and some dead ends.
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Sarah Lapidus,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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And in their stead… not a ton of breakthrough artists have emerged.
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Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
9 Aug. 2022
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What were the breakthroughs in the Guthrie case?
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Sarah Lapidus,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The breakthrough came in the 25th minute.
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Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Our problem is not just a lack of breakthroughs.
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Ken Dychtwald,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The breakthrough came in the 32nd minute.
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Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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One thing that did breakthrough from the parents?
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2026
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One thing that did breakthrough from the parents?
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Tracy Kimball,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Michelle says dealing with the break-in led to a breakthrough.
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Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2023
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Learn deeply from them to earn your breakthroughs to the next level.
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Byluv Tulsidas,
Fortune,
4 June 2024
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These breakthroughs are built on decades of insights.
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Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Not through new drugs or breakthrough science.
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Joe Kiani,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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In fact, her breakthrough wasn’t mere months in the making, but years.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Let that boredom be your breakthrough.
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Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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That song was a huge breakthrough for me as an artist, but more so as a person.
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Caitlin Brody,
Glamour,
10 June 2022
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That crossover is where breakthroughs live.
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Alexander Foster,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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James’ breakthrough in Brazil is part of a broader shift.
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Alex Ashley,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The growth was not driven by a single event or breakthrough.
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Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
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What was the breakthrough that led to the success of the vaccines?
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Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Oct. 2023
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Did your ship break through a lot of ice?
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Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Jones broke through for a sack that forced a punt.
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Kansas City Star,
26 Dec. 2025
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When your soul breaks through the noise to save you.
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Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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But for a new artist right now to break through, oh my god.
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Katie Bain,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
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At some point, the Wild have to break through.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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But my true laugh always broke through.
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Erin Entrada Kelly,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Neither side could break through to win.
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Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
28 Sep. 2025
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Sunshine will break through at times.
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Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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See the video above the moment the waves broke through.
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Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Why isn't that breaking through?
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ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, that work broke through.
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Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The writer doesn’t know which book will break through.
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Jd Barker,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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So how do the Horned Frogs break through?
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Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Then a voice in English broke through.
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Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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His side needs to break through against a Cup favorite.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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Against that backdrop, would Dover be able to break through?
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Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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The 2023 fourth-rounder hasn’t been able to break through.
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Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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To break through that second round of the playoffs.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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The others would be breaking through the walls any minute now.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
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That’s maybe where a more honest emotion can break through.
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Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bay had a bit more of the ball in the second half, but still could not break through.
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Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Storm chances will depend on the cap and how much breaks through the cloud cover.
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Michael Autovino,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some have even broken through windows.
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Dennis Valera,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Around five, the sun broke through the clouds, a beery yellow light that made the leaves glint like glass.
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Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Then, when more light and warmth hit the soil, the embryo breaks through the coating.
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Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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There was a time, about five years ago, when the market appeared poised to break through.
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Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Jensen helped the Royals break through in the seventh.
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Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2026
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Will this be the season the Lightning break through?
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Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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The next piece of the puzzle is breaking through the market.
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Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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But Kelly didn’t break through with that effort.
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David Weigel,
semafor.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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