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Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.

From Salon

“I’ve been more and more disappointed with him,” a progressive committee member told me days ago.

From Salon

She hit upon the premise for the series right around her 27th birthday, a time when more and more of her friends began to get married, and developed the idea while working on other projects.

From Los Angeles Times

“In this world where decisions are more and more driven by impulse, from Spain we offer the opposite: We offer predictability,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But as artificial intelligence rapidly develops, “You need more and more CPUs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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