crept
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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“We saw what we can be and a sense of not just success but, I think, credibility crept into American soccer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
For now, the company has a nice cushion to lean on: Capital expenditures for Nvidia’s Big Tech hyperscaler consumers have crept into the neighborhood of $700 billion.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has had to instruct some of its AI tools to stop talking about "goblins", after finding the term had randomly crept into responses.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
The classic meme stocks are too small to affect passive investors much, but shades of the phenomenon have crept into some hefty, mainstream companies that can.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Heat crept up the back of my neck.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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