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Adverb
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In recent years, parents have increasingly resorted to filing complaints with the state, alleging that their school districts violated federal disability law.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Both Bloom’s and Brick’s physical devices may also give them an edge with young people who increasingly prefer the analog over the digital.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Clarke's mother was there for six months, becoming progressively more starved and more obviously pregnant.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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As participants' speed and accuracy improved, the training got progressively more difficult.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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L’Heureux said the background warming taking place across the Pacific has been gradually causing the original method to lose sight of El Niño.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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If bloating shows up, scale back slightly and reintroduce fiber more gradually.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
16 Feb. 2026
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All night, the fog had stubbornly hidden the stars in the dark, impenetrable sky, but now the sliver of light widened little by little into a luminous band, a hazy phosphorescence that slowly spread and took over.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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How about an effort to regularly clean up and maintain the area, starting with the City Administration Building and the surrounding (nonexistent) landscaping, then fixing up more sections little by little?—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The solution saw Myren wearing a bald cap with a silicone forehead and a wig created in several sections so the hair could fall off piece by piece.—
Simon Thompson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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And the funding package that Congress has approved, piece by piece, over the past three weeks keeps federal funding for science agencies roughly flat compared with last year.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Crescively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescively. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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