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Recent Examples of progressively
Each participant plays a character as the day’s situations grow progressively more elaborate – but the one rule that never changes is that nobody is permitted to crack a smile.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Largely ignored by the industry, the Skyactiv engines have progressively improved everything about the internal combustion engine (ICE) and have done so without costly turbocharging or efficiency-killing reburns.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
Make your exhales progressively longer until your breathing has slowed.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Feb. 2026
The neurodegenerative disease strikes at muscle control and progressively limits the ability to move, walk, speak and breathe.
—Victoria Craw The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
Red buckeye and coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) are two of the major native feeder plants for these little guys to follow when the plants bloom progressively from the South to the North when temperatures start to rise.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Once the Moon contacts the umbra, a dark bite progressively sweeps across the lunar surface.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
The goal is to progressively develop the concept from software to real-life testing across five separate phases.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026
Clarke's mother was there for six months, becoming progressively more starved and more obviously pregnant.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Largely ignored by the industry, the Skyactiv engines have progressively improved everything about the internal combustion engine (ICE) and have done so without costly turbocharging or efficiency-killing reburns.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
Make your exhales progressively longer until your breathing has slowed.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Feb. 2026
The neurodegenerative disease strikes at muscle control and progressively limits the ability to move, walk, speak and breathe.
—Victoria Craw The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
Red buckeye and coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) are two of the major native feeder plants for these little guys to follow when the plants bloom progressively from the South to the North when temperatures start to rise.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Once the Moon contacts the umbra, a dark bite progressively sweeps across the lunar surface.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
The goal is to progressively develop the concept from software to real-life testing across five separate phases.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026
Clarke's mother was there for six months, becoming progressively more starved and more obviously pregnant.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressively
Adverb
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Kim capped the meetings with a nighttime military parade in the capital, sharing center stage with his increasingly prominent daughter -- believed to be named Kim Ju Ae and about 13.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Pre-seeding While EMV levels may cool off quickly in the months following a launch, brands are increasingly drumming up pre-launch interest by teasing newness and seeding products to creators, in some cases, months in advance.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Olson’s home began as a modest bunkhouse in 1959 and gradually evolved into a modular layout over the years, growing with Olson and his family.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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The low-level jet responsible for the strongest winds is gradually shifting eastward, but blizzard conditions are expected to persist through the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Progressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressively. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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