"advancement" meaning in English

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          "text": "A raise is an advancement in pay."
        },
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          "text": "The discovery was a huge advancement in physics."
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        "An advancement is a step towards something further, better, or higher; the act of advancing."
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          "text": "A raise is an advancement in pay."
        },
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