Definition of Breakthrough

a sudden discovery or overcoming of an obstacle

Examples of Breakthrough in a sentence

A medical breakthrough suddenly allowed doctors to cure a disease that once killed thousands of people.  🔊

Because of a breakthrough in technology, people in areas with little water or land can grow crops in urban gardens.  🔊

The breakthrough invention allowed farmers to process cotton ten times faster than before the revolutionary discovery.  🔊

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