creeping
Example Sentences
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While U.S. markets took a Thanksgiving Day break, cryptocurrencies never take a holiday, and bitcoin has been creeping higher since the close of Wall Street trading on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch
Although some doubts are creeping in globally about how quickly AI will transform the world, China isn’t waiting: It wants to deploy what is available today quicker than the U.S. can, locking in any advantages.
A long throw is defined by data analysts Opta as exceeding 20m, so the average length of a throw is creeping up to that.
From BBC
“Age is creeping up on me and I can’t wait forever,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Plenty of investors believe that Ross stands to benefit as people see prices creeping up elsewhere in their budgets and decide to trade down in apparel.
From MarketWatch
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