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Recent Examples of stepwise
This stepwise approach will give you a reliable, privacy-compliant framework for budget allocation that evolves as your business and the market do.
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Bernard May, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The percentage of uninsured respondents in the 30-49 age cohort, which was the first group targeted in a stepwise introduction of the requirement, rose to 14.5% in 2018 from 10.5% in 2016.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Bernard May, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The percentage of uninsured respondents in the 30-49 age cohort, which was the first group targeted in a stepwise introduction of the requirement, rose to 14.5% in 2018 from 10.5% in 2016.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepwise
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This time around, her wavy lob is cut at a soft, gradual angle, so that the front dips only slightly longer than the back.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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Through food rewards and gradual trust-building, the birds learn to travel in a crate and to sit on a perch and a glove during a program.—
Beth Lipoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Jan. 2026
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Check the trip planner on its website for step-by-step instructions on how to reach your destination by bus or trolley.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2026
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Chrome’s latest update offers a step-by-step button-press guide to exporting web history, bookmarks and passwords from Safari to Chrome.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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From 2006 to 2025, the Kantar BrandZ Strong Brands Portfolio delivered 435% cumulative share price growth, compared to 353% for the S&P 500 and just 171% for the MSCI World Index.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since late 2020, Meta’s Reality Labs division has logged over $70 billion in cumulative losses.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Stepwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepwise. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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