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Recent Examples of progressively
Matter clumped and clustered together under the relentless pull of gravity, and structures grew and grew on progressively larger scales.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
The non-users had higher negative symptoms at the start, but these improved progressively over a six-month period.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
That task grew progressively more difficult.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
What followed after the woman agreed to fly to the Bay Area was a situation that got progressively scarier, until she was assaulted.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Anne, the only daughter of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, is shown in the Netflix series as dealing with an unknown illness that leaves her weak on her left side and gets progressively worse as time goes on.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
He has been thoroughly outclassed by his teammate Alex Albon on the season, but the former Ferrari talent has gotten progressively more comfortable.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Breaking drilling records The Marble Falls demo follows a series of progressively difficult tests.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
This was done progressively with the group opening a new HQ in the Saudi capital in 2022.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
The non-users had higher negative symptoms at the start, but these improved progressively over a six-month period.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
That task grew progressively more difficult.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
What followed after the woman agreed to fly to the Bay Area was a situation that got progressively scarier, until she was assaulted.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Anne, the only daughter of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, is shown in the Netflix series as dealing with an unknown illness that leaves her weak on her left side and gets progressively worse as time goes on.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
He has been thoroughly outclassed by his teammate Alex Albon on the season, but the former Ferrari talent has gotten progressively more comfortable.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Breaking drilling records The Marble Falls demo follows a series of progressively difficult tests.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
This was done progressively with the group opening a new HQ in the Saudi capital in 2022.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressively
Adverb
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However, these are increasingly rare, and if no credit tenants can be scored, smaller businesses have a chance to move in with more favorable terms.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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Similar boycotts of companies like Target and Chick-fil-A in recent years highlight how consumer choices have increasingly become entangled with politics and values—conversations that often spill into family life.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Maddie—baggy hoodies tossed over an array of old tattoos, clearly carrying a heavy amount of life for her 28 years—gradually attempts to fill her daughter in on her own youth, treading a tightrope between honesty and delicacy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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The algorithm mathematically models how certain information spreads rapidly and is gradually forgotten.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Progressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressively. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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