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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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Turley, the head of ChatGPT, used the word “substitutive,” according to the filing, and said the AI products “will get more and more substitutive as they get better.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Reconsider your “smart” home: Cameras are becoming more and more common in home appliances, including in smart ovens, refrigerators, doorbells, and toothbrushes—even as people decry surveillance measures in public.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

Morgan said he was seeing "more and more" jellyfish coming into Welsh waters as he was filming.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

"The situation is really tight, and it's been more and more polarised in Sweden the last years," 48-year-old construction worker Mikko Duvaldt told AFP on Monday.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Duane tried to be civil, but in truth, he felt a little spooked, so he quickened his pace more and more until soon he was running away.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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