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progressively

[pruh-gres-iv-lee] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv li /


ADVERB
increasingly
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


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Building strength requires consistent, progressively challenging training, she says, and "we don't want to create another barrier by suggesting women train less for almost half the month."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The number of vessels allowed through the waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will be progressively lowered from 36 per day to 32 by mid-September.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

As it travels north, it becomes progressively shallower beneath the surface.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

“It’s progressively gotten better and better, I think to a point where everybody should be excited and the expectations should be through the roof.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The show has to start out easy — to give the viewers confidence — and then get progressively harder and harder, challenging the preschoolers more and more, drawing them into the narrative.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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