Advance to and advance in are both standard, but they express different ideas.
Use advance to for movement toward a new stage, level, or place. Use advance in for progress within a field, skill, or activity.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
To shows movement toward a position, rank, stage, or place.
In shows development inside a field, subject, or activity.
Through highlights progress across stages or barriers.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use to for a new rank or position.
✕ She advanced in manager. ✓ She advanced to manager.Use in for development within a field.
✕ Research advanced to medicine. ✓ Research advanced in medicine.Advance often needs a preposition to complete the meaning.
✕ He advanced the next stage. ✓ He advanced to the next stage.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Advance to refers to reaching a new stage or destination, while advance in refers to progress within a field.
Yes, but the meaning changes depending on the preposition.
More naturally, say advance to a manager role or advance to manager in informal business language.
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