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progressively

[pruh-gres-iv-lee] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv li /


ADVERB
increasingly
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


Example Sentences

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For decades, the common assumption has been that science, technology and the secular worldview would progressively render religion obsolete.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

By taking a shorter-term tack, investors can experience the upside of the secular bond bear market: the ability to reinvest interest and principal cash flows at progressively higher yields.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Each boss, which gets progressively harder, presents a strategic challenge that Liquid must create answers for.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

His Sunday show appearances have grown progressively more painful to watch.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

They had emerged—loosely speaking—because an ancestral antelope had produced a long-necked variant that had been progressively selected by a natural force, such as a famine.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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