Example Sentences

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For nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging toward affordable again for millions of people.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Kennedy had been edging out Markey in fundraising.

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2020

If he had been edging toward a sustained public challenge to Tsipras, this was a change of course.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 3, 2015

That smashed Wall Street's average forecast of 54 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, although analysts had been edging down estimates for the last three months.

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2013

He had been edging closer and closer toward the door.

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