How to Use iterative in a Sentence

iterative

adjective

• Lots of small, iterative changes but the two games should feel a lot alike.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Some of this will be iterative with users.
  — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 May 2026
• Many of the upgrades this year (like most years of late) are iterative.
  — WIRED, 26 July 2023
• Even with the internet, not fast enough, not iterative enough.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• There’s room for an iterative approach, but the timeline shouldn’t be open-ended.
  — Lou Senko, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• The researchers used an iterative process to refine the robot's skills.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2024
• And then there’s the iterative rewards of performing the same lines night after night.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2019
• But nature—the iterative process of evolution—is as old as life itself.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
• Above all, don’t forget this is a thoughtful, iterative process managed by people.
  — Thom Gruhler, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• This year's update is more iterative, with the company bringing some of those things to new regions.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2020
• Virtual machines have gotten so good in the course of an iterative march of improvements over many years.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2020
• But in the world of social media, as in the world of live television, everything is iterative.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• What argument about the public option and the iterative stuff.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 14 June 2018
• Remember that working in short, iterative sprints is best to help control both the scope and resources required.
  — Kathleen Walch, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
• Otherwise, the updates to one of the world’s most popular health trackers feel iterative this year.
  — Gear Team, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
• In math a recursive function or method calls itself and is not just iterative and repetitive; the part requires the whole.
  — Cindy Juyoung Ok june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
• The law is nothing else if not an iterative instrument that holds legal precedent in the highest regard.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2021
• Does being a public persona whose image gets used in this iterative way feel like being in the Matrix?
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2021
• This kind of iterative workflow is very much part of the Montreal studio’s mission.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 8 Apr. 2023
• Szczecinski says this should involve an iterative process—make a change and use the results over time to calculate a new value for a win and so on.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
• SpaceX uses an iterative design process to reach a flight-ready version of Starship.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2022
• In Boyd’s system, the process is iterative, creating a feedback loop.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2013
• After all, packing is an iterative process, one that shifts depending on the season, trip type, and personal style.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
• Note these standards can be iterative and supportive of innovation, rather than the approval process used for drugs which is more of a pass-fail process.
  — Thomas R. Insel, STAT, 12 Apr. 2023
• An iterative process is necessary to learn to analyze the data and predict the disease’s spread.
  — Siqian Shen, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2020
• Some writers do go in knowing the whole thing, but for me, a show only benefits from being organic and iterative.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2022
• Working with a tax professional is always an iterative process, and the crypto tax space is no exception to this rule.
  — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Finally, this must be an iterative process since not all threats are known when a system is designed, and attackers and threat vectors may change over time.
  — Vince Arneja, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• The outdoor industry has been much more iterative since about 2005.
  — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2022
• The cycle is iterative and ongoing, shaped less by isolated milestones and more by how systems behave over time.
  — Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 May 2026