slowly

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But you don’t get or keep a job as a “professional forecaster” by sticking your neck out, so their expectations will presumably adapt to reality slowly.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

He slowly became obsessed with the idea that high fees were a moral wrong perpetrated on American investors by an ethically bankrupt Wall Street fund-management industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The evidence suggests that extreme heating from the Sun is cracking the asteroid's surface, releasing trapped gases and causing the body to slowly crumble apart.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The government’s involvement is meant to fast-track a U.S, nuclear renaissance, which has moved slowly so far because most private companies don’t want to take the financial risk.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

It boiled slowly up the hood to the windscreen.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott