gradually
Example Sentences
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“The biggest risk we see to American in 2026 is a full-on fare war in Chicago that gradually impacts other highly competitive markets,” Cunningham writes.
Wilson explained that cysts develop gradually as the immune system applies pressure on the parasite.
From Science Daily
"Generally, I put them on the right track. Their anxiety is alleviated and gradually they gain the confidence to manage these matters by themselves," she said.
From BBC
Opener Pathum Nissanka got to 50 from 24 balls but picked out the fielder in the deep from his 25th and England gradually clawed the hosts back.
From BBC
A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
