steadily

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Recent Examples of steadily Shares were down a bit less than 2% as the call got underway but fell steadily during the first half, hitting a low of down about 5%. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025 Skipping up a notch or two steadily bumps up the power until the cut-off point is reached – more on that in a bit. New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025 Their influence on other Oklahoma artists grew steadily, though, and eventually Red Dirt artists gained national attention. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025 Egg prices, initially high in early 2025 due to avian influenza, have steadily declined. Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025 Their following has grown steadily, driven in part by viewers connecting with the authenticity of their content. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 By steadily aligning with market shifts and making incremental improvements, teams maintain constant momentum and can adjust to insights and advances in real time. Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025 Medicare Advantage, which generally costs patients less upfront, has steadily become more popular in recent years. Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025 Car loans are growing steadily longer, as buyers struggle to keep up with rising car prices. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadily
Adverb
  • The 58-year-old senator’s win marks a historic shift for the South American country, governed almost continuously since 2006 by Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism, or MAS, which once enjoyed overwhelming support from the country’s Indigenous majority.
    Reuters 3 min ago, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The front seven was continuously getting their hands up to block Nix’s passes.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • This was an impressive tournament that will have surely turned heads.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Many blue-city residents who have noticed a decrease in crime surely appreciate the safer streets, an environment that tired old No Kings boomers will never have to navigate.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Given the fluidity of the game, teams will often shape shift depending on the sequence being played — although perhaps not quite as frequently as Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has previously suggested.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • It’s believed that the 13th-century castle is haunted by a magical imp who frequently visits the Markomanka and Hlíza, or black, towers.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Now, ahead of another national protest, Central Indiana advocacy organizations are preparing for a long-haul movement in solidly Republican Indiana.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
  • According to the new boundaries, Districts 3 and 5 — previously a lean Republican and a solidly Republican seat — would be combined into a single strongly Republican district.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Surgery is often an effective treatment option for people with early-stage stomach cancer.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Crypto Is Cyclical An initial appeal of cryptoassets, especially for institutional investors and professional traders, was that the asset class often moved in a counter-cyclical manner that provided a hedge against volatility in other market sectors.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Leyla’s was a Frenchman, an art collector twice her age, who picked her up in one of Moscow’s posh night clubs and began to educate her intensively.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Because there were only seven minutes left in the game, however, the 49ers quarterback instead gobbled three bananas while trainers intensively kneaded the muscles in his arm.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Israel, which controls aid into Gaza, has repeatedly halted and blocked entry points, which critics have called inhumane leverage.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • No more going over your lashes repeatedly and risking damage.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Advertisement Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, has steadfastly maintained that Trump could have easily avoided a shutdown.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No matter how much football is sanitised, or how much is taken away from us, chants remain something that steadfastly belong to us.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Steadily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadily. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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