step by step
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The film lives in its details — frost creeping along the walls, carbon dioxide levels rising, improvised fixes worked out step by step — as each small success only leads to the next crisis.
From Los Angeles Times
Its name is quite a trek too - King Charles III England Coast Path - but for the first time it creates a continuous trail, allowing walkers to explore England's shoreline step by step.
From BBC
"We will acclimatise them step by step, so that they do not experience too much stress," he added.
From BBC
When placed at an injury site, the remaining cartilage structure can act like a blueprint that helps the body rebuild damaged bone step by step.
From Science Daily
Rather than completing division in a single cycle, the cell achieves it step by step through alternating physical states of the cytoplasm.
From Science Daily
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