Example Sentences

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Comcast has been edging into the mobile-service providers’ turf, too, by selling mobile service to its broadband customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Mulligan has been edging toward comedy without committing to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Over the past year, job growth has also slowed and the unemployment rate has been edging higher, though it remains at historically low levels.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

The yield on the two-year Treasury, which tends to track expectations for Fed action, has been edging lower in 2023.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Inflation slowed in Europe in November for the first time in 17 months, and has been edging down in the U.S. since June.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2022