gradually

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Restaurant visits have gradually improved this spring, but remain down by 5.7% in May from a year earlier, according to Placer.ai, which analyzes foot traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

At that time, lawmakers waited until the 11th hour to put through changes that included gradually raising the age for claiming full benefits to 67 for those born in 1960 or later.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

As people grow older, their cells gradually become less efficient at producing energy and responding to changing demands.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

It began as a crack between two previous repairs, gradually getting deeper and wider as more of the road's surface collapsed and broke away.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

We’d gradually begun to add more foods, especially grubs and ferns, to her plates, and she would eat them when she ran out of peacock snails.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate