This could be a genuine advance in civilization.

I do not believe that we have made any genuine advance in this area during the last few thousand years.

Avastin, while prized by oncologists as a genuine advance, extends the life of a typical patient with late-stage colon cancer by only five months.

The church encourages genuine advances in knowledge, but she also insists on the sacredness of human life at every stage and in every condition.

Mere gadgeteering often passes for progress, and in an atmosphere of gimmickry, a genuine advance is especially welcome.

As far as Jane could figure, April's analytical armature wasn't much of a genuine intellectual advance over a tarot deck.

Evolutionary biology is buzzing with genuine advances.

Unfortunately, genuine advances in environmental protection were frequently lost amid extremist rhetoric.

Her new films, however, are a genuine advance on work that seemed to have got stuck.

But he may still have made genuine advances.