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The Roomba's double-sided brush mounts gradually build up a tangle at either end, eventually requiring you to pull the ends off the roller and dig all the hair out.—
Loz Blain
October 14,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025 -
The vessel then gradually sinks deeper and deeper into the sea until it is fully submerged by the end of the clip.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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The non-users had higher negative symptoms at the start, but these improved progressively over a six-month period.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Brown continued to blossom into the offense, fellow receiver Xavier Worthy made his presence known with a 6-yard touchdown reception and tight end Travis Kelce looked increasingly smooth with 78 yards — his second-most in a regular-season game since last November.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Focusing on mindfulness and incorporating movement, breathwork, and better eating and sleeping habits, little by little, these steps changed his life.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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But really, state by state, little by little, a lot of people are starting to say [that] this is the way millions of people are making money on their own terms, and doing it in a way that really works for them.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Hierarchically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchically. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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