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increasingly

[in-kree-sing-lee] / ɪnˈkri sɪŋ li /
ADVERB
to a greater extent
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


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Starting in January 2025, Nokia’s sensors had picked up a series of increasingly powerful cyberattacks coming from devices that hadn’t previously been considered dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The Supreme Court has increasingly relied on history and tradition as the key to constitutional meaning.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Meme-driven AI content that trivializes conflict as it spreads misinformation is increasingly crowding out reality on digital platforms, in what ISD researchers call the "Legofication" of war propaganda.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

But while that once meant sizing up a candidate’s experience and credentials against the going market rate, it increasingly means feeding the candidate’s personal data into an algorithm.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

As maritime compasses became cheaper and more widely available, instructions on how to make your own would have become increasingly irrelevant.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton