increment

Example Sentences

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Mr. Wilson is going forward, but in smaller increments to reduce costs.

From Washington Post

Usually, yields on these bonds rise and fall in tiny increments measured in hundredths of a percentage point, or “basis points.”

From New York Times

Every increment of global warming and every year that goes by really matters.

From BBC

The price of a gallon of gas has increased, in increments of a few cents at a time, by about a dollar over the past year.

From Salon

All 69 economists in the March 4-9 poll agreed that the smaller rate hike was in the cards this month, and nearly all expected the Fed to continue raising rates in 25-basis-point increments.

From Reuters