more and more

adverb

: to a progressively increasing extent

Examples of more and more in a Sentence

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Is the problem climate change, which is making the weather more and more difficult to predict? Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026 The announcement comes as Austin has grown to be more and more of a hotspot for autonomous vehicles. Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026 On the surface, my life seemed organized around the pursuit of truth, but I was simultaneously being drawn into the heady distortions of the digital sphere, spending more and more of my time online. Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 But in recent years, the prolific actor (Lost, Hawaii Five-O) and producer (The Good Doctor) has spent more and more time in the country of his birth. Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for more and more

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of more and more was in the 13th century

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“More and more.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20and%20more. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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