creep
Example Sentences
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For a few, doubt creeps in, but most overcome their cognitive dissonance and reinflate the bubble of credulity that constitutes their comfort zone.
From Salon
And without share repurchases, share counts would creep higher, putting pressure on another important financial metric: earnings per share.
From Barron's
The energy shock comes as the US labor market appears to be in a difficult spot, shedding 92,000 jobs in February while unemployment crept up.
From Barron's
“Inflation is creeping higher in our commodity trackers, spelling some potential risk for gross margin.”
From Barron's
“It’s that the capacity it frees up immediately gets repurposed into doing other work, and that’s where the creep is likely to happen.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
