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Adjective
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There was not a gradual build to this moment, allowing Rai to adjust over time to a changing reality.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026 -
The study authors argue that humans became strongly right-handed through a gradual evolutionary process tied to bipedalism and brain expansion rather than a single genetic switch.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Like some progressive consensus at the center, but that's not there.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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But California pushes its progressive tax system to the extreme.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Their population has risen from 76 to 108, while the Central chimps’ population has seen a stepwise decline.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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Something else Krasley observed was that the factories didn’t embark on one gigantic, expensive retrofit, but rather took a stepwise approach to accumulating cooling improvements that was easier on their bottom lines.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The agreement, which was pushed on the Israeli government by the United States, involved a step-by-step process that would eventually lead to the disarmament of Hamas and the reconstruction of Gaza.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Below, check out the differences between the VPNs, along with step-by-step instructons on how to use them to watch The Traitors India in the US.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
19 May 2026
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“Increscent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/increscent. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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