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Adjective
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This time around, her wavy lob is cut at a soft, gradual angle, so that the front dips only slightly longer than the back.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
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Through food rewards and gradual trust-building, the birds learn to travel in a crate and to sit on a perch and a glove during a program.—
Beth Lipoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Jan. 2026
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One proposal gaining support at least among progressive members is a payroll tax, loosely modeled after a Massachusetts measure, targeting companies that do not offer employees health insurance.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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It was later discovered Williams had Lewy body dementia, the second-most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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This stepwise approach will give you a reliable, privacy-compliant framework for budget allocation that evolves as your business and the market do.—
Bernard May,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The percentage of uninsured respondents in the 30-49 age cohort, which was the first group targeted in a stepwise introduction of the requirement, rose to 14.5% in 2018 from 10.5% in 2016.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Nov. 2024
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Chrome’s latest update offers a step-by-step button-press guide to exporting web history, bookmarks and passwords from Safari to Chrome.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Here's how to clean these types of stains step-by-step.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Increscent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/increscent. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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