Even with steady advances, the new machines might take decades to perfect, scientists say, and there is no guarantee of success.

Given the demands of an aging population and steady advances in medical technology, national health spending will continue to climb.

Coalition troops continue their steady advance and are drawing near to Baghdad.

He held his axe high and began a steady advance.

But they may be the coming battleground in the disease's steady advance.

The dollar continued its steady advance, settling higher across the board on world currency markets.

The pen continued its steady advance over the paper.

Stocks resumed their steady advance, with the Dow climbing 12.03, to 2,831.71, its third new high in four days.

The boy turned, seeming to notice for the first time the steady advance of water, now licking at their toes.

However there was a steady advance in machinery and process development.