incremental
adjective
in·cre·men·tal
ˌiŋ-krə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
ˌin-
: of, relating to, being, or occurring in especially small increments
incremental additions
incremental change
Examples of incremental in a Sentence
the incremental evolution of the collection from a specialized gallery into a comprehensive art museum
the incremental total for my collection of baseball cards
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The 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman Edmund Burke embraced exactly this sort of constant, incremental reform.
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David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
The presentations at Apple's last developers conference focused more on incremental developments, including live translations for phone calls, which improve everyday life rather than the sweeping ambitions for AI that its rivals are marketing.
—Juby Babu, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
These conditions increasingly favor Russia, which has opted to mete out death piecemeal, launching incremental assaults at points spread out along the six-hundred-mile front line to create instability and prevent Ukraine from regrouping.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Neto definitely did, and Schanuel showed incremental improvement, but O’Hoppe, Kochanowicz and Soriano got worse and Joyce was hurt.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
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David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
The presentations at Apple's last developers conference focused more on incremental developments, including live translations for phone calls, which improve everyday life rather than the sweeping ambitions for AI that its rivals are marketing.
—Juby Babu, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
These conditions increasingly favor Russia, which has opted to mete out death piecemeal, launching incremental assaults at points spread out along the six-hundred-mile front line to create instability and prevent Ukraine from regrouping.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Neto definitely did, and Schanuel showed incremental improvement, but O’Hoppe, Kochanowicz and Soriano got worse and Joyce was hurt.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for incremental
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“Incremental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incremental. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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