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progressively

[pruh-gres-iv-lee] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv li /


ADVERB
increasingly
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


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Operators pass on the resulting costs by applying low-water surcharges, which they introduce progressively if river levels keep falling.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Coty expects the current fiscal year, which ends next June, to be a transition period, and it expects performance to improve progressively throughout the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“But you do plyometrics progressively, so you’re strong enough and don’t tear a muscle or a ligament or tendon.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Silicon technology has benefited from decades of refinement, allowing manufacturers to produce dielectric materials capable of controlling progressively smaller devices.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The show has to start out easy — to give the viewers confidence — and then get progressively harder and harder, challenging the preschoolers more and more, drawing them into the narrative.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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