less and less

phrase

: to a progressively smaller size or extent

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While the 26-year-old, acquired from Miami over the winter, has gradually used his heater less and less, Tuesday marked the second straight game that all of his other pitches saw more action. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 The country is becoming less and less convinced that its soldiers can win and that Putin has a realistic plan. Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026 But with alcohol consumption hitting record lows, the home bar is less and less of a design default. Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026 Recently, these manufacturers have been allocating more of their limited capacity to higher-margin HBM chips, which is leaving less and less capacity for DRAM chips. Srikanth Jagabathula, Fortune, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for less and less

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“Less and less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/less%20and%20less. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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