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gradual

[graj-oo-uhl] / ˈgrædʒ u əl /


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Sheinbaum has trod carefully in her gradual effort to rebuild bilateral relations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The group targets gradual market outperformance in revenue and aims to more than double its 2025 operating margin of 11.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Investor complacency is increasingly evident as the Iran war gets normalized by markets, which are pricing in a base case of partial resolution and a gradual resumption of energy flows.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

For 74-year-old Smart, the realization that the end had come was a gradual process as they filmed the final scenes on each of the show's sets.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Violent, like the blast, or gradual, like recovery, the area was a master class in the possibilities of Earth.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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