gradual
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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
The county education office talks of gradual but real progress as well as difficult but necessary decisions to avert educational and financial disaster.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
“Interest rates picked up this week as the gradual breakdown of the ceasefire with Iran has stoked fears of further inflation and geopolitical instability,” Joel Berner, a senior economist at Realtor.com, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026
The future of gaming history may rely on whether the gradual Gen Z re-embrace of DVDs, CDs, and print media also extends to game discs and stays there.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026
In keeping with the compromise character of the committee report, it gave the Deep South the protection it had demanded by denying congressional authority to pass any gradual emancipation legislation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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