increscent

adjective

Definition of increscentnext
as in gradual

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  1. gradual
  2. progressive
  3. stepwise
  4. step-by-step
Adjective
  • Late July also marks the gradual strengthening of the Perseid meteor shower, with occasional early meteors now appearing after midnight.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026
  • And while one specific behavior transforming a person’s whole life may make sense in a social media reel, real life takes a lot more personalization, trial and error, and gradual change, Mokari said.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of gradual
Adjective
  • Jackson has supported progressive positions such as Medicare for All.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • His keenness and ability to be progressive in his passing means Bamba has the potential to be more than merely a midfield ‘destroyer’.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of progressive
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of stepwise
Adjective
  • See our step-by-step guide to rolling over a 401(k) for how that works.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • Nvidia highlighted in that disclosure that Vera trades core count for single-thread speed, a design choice aimed at the step-by-step reasoning common in AI agent workloads.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of step-by-step
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