month by month

idiom

: in a gradual and steady way as months have passed
His health has been getting better month by month.

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The angle of the very thin ring system is still nearly on edge from our view on Earth, but month by month, that angle is opening up as Saturn and Earth travel along their individual orbits around the sun. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2025 Show movement week by week, month by month. Sinéad O'Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 In the prepaid wireless space, loyalty is earned month by month. Nancy Clark, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 But month by month the administration is dismantling government programs that would be hard for anyone to reconstruct, and setting new priorities that will be hard to reverse. David Weigel, semafor.com, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for month by month

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“Month by month.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/month%20by%20month. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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