steeper
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Already, industries sensitive to interest rates, like housing, are under pressure from steeper borrowing costs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
He’s also paying steeper fuel surcharges for services like crop dusting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
A consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected a steeper fall of 0.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
While overall U.S. imports from China declined amid steeper tariffs, Taiwanese firms such as Foxconn are using their vast presence across Mexico to manufacture AI servers and components for U.S. tech firms such as Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They grew quiet again as they made their way up a steeper section.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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