incrementalist
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"Elon's attitude is you have to get it done fast. If you're an incrementalist, you just won't get your rocket to the moon," Wiles said.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
Hovstad fancies himself a revolutionary; Aslaksen is a cautious incrementalist.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Roberts is considered more of an incrementalist conservative.
From Reuters • Jun. 25, 2022
It has never been the end game, even for the more sophisticated incrementalist folks.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2021
An incrementalist and an institutionalist, the chief justice generally nudges the court to the right in small steps, with one eye on its prestige and legitimacy.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020
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