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Recent Examples of progressively
The company behind the iconic Roomba robotic vacuum has been watching its stock progressively slide since 2021 as its early success was overrun by stiff competition from Chinese rivals Anker, Ecovacs, and Roborock.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Made through the couple’s Stoneridge Foundation, the gift is the largest in the institution’s 110-year history and will establish the Amy and Marc Meadows Education Endowment, which will progressively distribute the funds.
—News Desk, Artforum, 28 Oct. 2025
Plutonium is also the principal fuel in a fast neutron reactor, and in any reactor, it is progressively bred from non-fissile U-238 that comprises over 99 percent of natural uranium.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Cheung said Nicholson’s mental health struggles began in 2012, progressively worsening over the years and culminating into multiple hospital stays, City News Service reported.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Using Rendezvous Robotics’ technology, Frank said the company can progressively send more and more material up and build bigger and bigger structures.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
The intervention group played BrainHQ’s Double Decision and Freeze Frame modules, which became progressively harder as players improved.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Third, overuse of most addictive substances progressively damages the brain’s executive control network, the prefrontal cortex, and other key parts of the brain involved in impulse control and self-regulation.
—Claire Wilcox, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Matter clumped and clustered together under the relentless pull of gravity, and structures grew and grew on progressively larger scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Made through the couple’s Stoneridge Foundation, the gift is the largest in the institution’s 110-year history and will establish the Amy and Marc Meadows Education Endowment, which will progressively distribute the funds.
—News Desk, Artforum, 28 Oct. 2025
Plutonium is also the principal fuel in a fast neutron reactor, and in any reactor, it is progressively bred from non-fissile U-238 that comprises over 99 percent of natural uranium.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Cheung said Nicholson’s mental health struggles began in 2012, progressively worsening over the years and culminating into multiple hospital stays, City News Service reported.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Using Rendezvous Robotics’ technology, Frank said the company can progressively send more and more material up and build bigger and bigger structures.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
The intervention group played BrainHQ’s Double Decision and Freeze Frame modules, which became progressively harder as players improved.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Third, overuse of most addictive substances progressively damages the brain’s executive control network, the prefrontal cortex, and other key parts of the brain involved in impulse control and self-regulation.
—Claire Wilcox, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Matter clumped and clustered together under the relentless pull of gravity, and structures grew and grew on progressively larger scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressively
Adverb
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In contrast, China and South Korea have grown increasingly at odds as China's technological advancement accelerated.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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The previous longest, a 35-day funding pause in December 2018 and January 2019, ended partly because of increasingly tight staffing at some of the nation’s busiest airports.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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During the two years Échale operated at the Lumberyard, its menu gradually evolved from tacos to a more California-Mediterranean style of food.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The new Zeekr model, developed with Chinese automaker Geely, is designed specifically for robotaxi use cases and will be rolled out gradually as the company expands its service.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Progressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressively. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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