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1. Increasingly, to a steadily growing extent or degree. For example, As night came on, we were getting more and more worried, or More and more I lean toward thinking he is right. [c. 1200]

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Fifa says it has a responsibility to grow the game, and its tool for this appears to be more and more football.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The lower a pension fund’s ratio, the harder it is to dig out of the hole even as taxpayers shovel out more and more money to keep the shortfall from growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

"With each attack it's getting more and more frightening," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Since the 1990s Robroyston has exploded in terms of housing, with more and more families coming to live there.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

One man’s liability had always been another man’s asset, but now more and more of the liabilities could be turned into bits of paper that you could sell to anyone.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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