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little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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That’s how things change, little by little.
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R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Her sensitive, vulnerable performance anchors every scene, shifting little by little into a newfound maturity by the end.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
Wu also placed each model between two guardrails, kept them fixed five inches apart, and added weight little by little until the structure failed.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
The yellow circle disappeared little by little.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20by%20little. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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