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a little at a time



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“Caregiving asks you to grieve a little at a time while still showing up every day,” says the 57-year-old, who lives in Columbus, Ohio, and runs a women’s wellness business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture a little at a time, alternating with milk until all is incorporated.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

Did this material sink as it formed a little at a time, or all at once after the moon had fully solidified?

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

Bookies are sizing up their customers and making sure losses will be paid; bettors are similarly wary, worrying that the bookmaker won’t make good on winnings or “slow pay” a little at a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024

He told them again the words of Pan—how they must save the wild a little at a time.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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