steadily

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Recent Examples of steadily For instance, at one point the actor costumed as the ape in his lair behind the scenes moves steadily towards the camera, his proportions swelling to gigantic visual proportions. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 Sarich Architects The spotlight is on affordable housing programs as the nation’s housing crisis continues, construction costs steadily increase, and the government continues mandates for more efficient processes. Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Food service at the airport, though, has steadily become increasingly important, especially since airlines long ago abandoned complimentary meal service on domestic flights. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025 Before all this, India and the United States had been growing steadily closer for nearly three decades. Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025 The brand has been slowly but steadily growing its own store fleet — even as the sisters remain determinedly behind the scenes. Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 Since then, Cracker Barrel has become a cookie-cutter corporate chain, steadily losing its Southern flavor. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025 At present, the ETI has been falling steadily since around 2022 while employment nonfarm employment has continued to track upwards. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 Having established Laura and Cherry’s mutual animosity right away, The Girlfriend pushes them steadily toward that confrontation teased in the first moments. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadily
Adverb
  • So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the last few releases, Apple has added and continuously improved support for external game controllers, added a low-latency Game Mode, and introduced the Game Porting Toolkit, a collection of translation layers that helps developers test native Windows games on the Mac without modification.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Aside from these Netflix originals, the streaming platform is also home to a vast number of other documentary films and series that will surely stand the test of time and span a variety of topics.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For Barker, announcing the deal with three of Hollywood’s great horror producers surely helped drive anticipation for Obsession and drove Focus and other buyers to mark it as a must-watch out of the festival.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Kirk frequently attacked mainstream media and engaged in culture war issues around race, gender and immigration, often in a provocative style.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • With the frequently audible director alternating between frat boy giddiness and genuine concern at Sheen’s antics, the actor appears entirely in control, a product of seven years of professed sobriety.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Buffalo remains solidly on the outside of the playoff picture, and Eichel was a key factor in the Golden Knights’ winning their first Stanley Cup in 2023.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • While Miami could solidly be considered a buyer's market, the situation on the ground is complex, Realtors said.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Although some people may see leaves changing color before late October, this often happens because the plants are landscape trees, or trees that grew after seeds from other areas were planted, said Seiler.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Cortège gestures toward that transcendence, but too often settles for the kind of veiled enchantment that follows us home through our screens.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Hydrolyzed proteins replenish lost amino acids that intensively nourish and maintain hair in a healthy, balanced state.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Often, the soil was intensively and industrially farmed only a few years ago.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Russian drones and missiles have repeatedly targeted Ukrainian port and shipping targets there.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has repeatedly set deadlines for Moscow to agree a ceasefire or face new sanctions, only to row back.
    Barbara Erling, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • For instance, Schultz has steadfastly fought against performing blood transfusions in the field, despite the federal government offering billions of dollars in grants to pay for them.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But safety and beauty, like dignity and love, are values DeSantis steadfastly refuses to acknowledge.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Steadily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadily. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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