gradual

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In the medium term, the group targets gradual market outperformance in revenue and expects to more than double the recurring 11.1% operating margin it booked in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Other than a brief jump in 2020, Avanos stock had been on a gradual decline since September 2018, when it hit a record closing high of $72.65.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

As the Economist recently argued, that could mean a more gradual build-out of renewable power, allowing more time to invest in cheaper onshore wind and reform the electricity market.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Investor complacency is increasingly evident as the Iran war gets normalized by markets, which are pricing in a base case of partial resolution and a gradual resumption of energy flows.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

The exceptions were New York and New Jersey, which, not incidentally, remained the only northern states to resist the passage of gradual emancipation laws.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis