increasingly
adverb
in·creas·ing·ly
in-ˈkrē-siŋ-lē 
ˈin-ˌkrē-
: to an increasing degree
an increasingly dangerous situation
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People are becoming increasingly aware of this problem.
Increasingly, scientists are questioning the data.
The situation grew increasingly hopeless.
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Melissa Houston, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
His spaceflight ambitions have fostered an increasingly close relationship with SpaceX CEO Musk, who became one of Trump’s biggest backers and is poised to have an outsized role in the administration.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
But such a life is becoming increasingly impossible to sustain, for Jenna is now in rural Russia in the wintry Siberian town of Magadan.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Ukraine has increasingly carried out deadly covert actions.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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increasingly
adverb
in·creas·ing·ly
in-ˈkrē-siŋ-lē
ˈin-ˌkrē-
: to an increasing degree : more and more
the work became increasingly difficult
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