gradual
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"I'm skeptical that it will immediately push more players to the cloud quickly, but I do predict a gradual adoption of alternatives."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
This gradual decline, known as immunosenescence, can increase vulnerability to age-related health problems and leave some older adults with weaker protection after vaccination.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The changes include a series of tax cuts that include a gradual reduction in levies on companies and a 20-year freeze on the rate for investments that surpass $350 million.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Economists expect the Fed to hold rates steady through December at the current range of 3.5% to 3.75%, rather than continue gradual rate reductions that began in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Like languages, like landscapes, like the slowly cooling cosmos, perhaps the animals and plants had descended from earlier forms through a process of gradual, continuous change.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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