gradually

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Right now, the market appears “comfortable watching balances tighten gradually without aggressively repricing crude higher, because there remains a broad belief that the strait will reopen before true tank bottoms become visible,” Babin said.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The Tethys Ocean once stretched across a vast area of the planet before gradually disappearing during the Meso-Cenozoic period, which covers the last 250 million years.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

But direct indexing gradually loses steam as a method of generating losses as the market continues to rise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

While recent days have felt like winter for some, things will gradually get warmer, especially later in the week ahead.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The clear area around the boat gradually widened out, and still she couldn’t see the edge of the river.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer