gradual
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The strategy can benefit from a gradual decline in price and/or an increase in back-month implied volatility relative to front-month volatility.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
The official said this would create space for gradual de-escalation and an effective cessation of hostilities.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The agreement, which still needs President Trump’s approval, includes a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian pledges to curtail some nuclear work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
I asked Schenck whether his gradual shift, seeing Suozzi as more conservative than he did at first, might have been due to C Street’s influence.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
Embryogenesis could be reimagined as the gradual unfurling of gene regulation from a single-celled embryo.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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