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increments

NOUN

small step toward gain

Synonyms

STRONG

accession accretion accrual addition advancement augmentation enlargement increase profit raise rise supplement

WEAK

accrument

Antonyms

STRONG

decline decrease deduction drop fall lessening loss reduction shrinkage subtraction

Example Sentences

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Not the dramatic science-fiction scenario of AI replacing humans wholesale, but the quieter process of people gradually outsourcing their judgment in increments too small to notice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The one who tracked weeks in anxious increments.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

In the wake of the fire, Rick Caruso, the businessman and one-time L.A. mayoral candidate, committed $5 million to the Fire Department Foundation, in annual increments of $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Investment to restore operations at a few crude upgraders—facilities that convert extra-heavy crude to a synthetic oil that is lighter and easier to transport—could raise output by increments of several hundred thousand barrels a day.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

For me it was practiced in hour-and-a-half or two-hour increments, and paused when necessary.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth