gradually
Americanadverb
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He gradually added two neighboring properties to form what would become the Lynch compound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In agriculture, fertilizers can be enclosed inside PHA beads that gradually release their contents as the plastic breaks down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The same is true of Shea Lacey, the 19-year-old academy star who clearly needs to be eased in gradually, but of whom so much is expected.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But there’s an upside to gradually winnowing a lifetime of possessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
East is the ranch driveway, which gradually becomes a winding road, descending, leading to town, thirty miles away.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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