more and more

adverb

: to a progressively increasing extent

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Since my time at the NGA, the Intelligence Community has turned more and more to commercial space. Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025 On an individual level, more and more players were securing brand deals, launching podcasts, and releasing signature shoes, with Reebok’s Angel Reese 1s selling out all three colorways within hours. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025 Today, things are a bit different as soldiers become more and more weighed down with electronics that often seem to be more of a hindrance than a help. New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025 The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition. Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025 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 1 Nov. 2025.

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