have inched
- present perfect of inch.
Example Sentences
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Elevated mortgage rates have been keeping buyers on the sidelines for years, but rates have inched down from a year earlier, and are well below a peak of nearly 8% in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Yields on benchmark German sovereign bunds have inched down since the announcement.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
Now that the Olympics have inched closer to adding esports — video games — to the traditional menu of actual running and swimming, officials face a delicate balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
While they will have inched up from their record-low growth rates in the previous quarter, Google will take their place with an estimated 25.7% growth.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
