increments

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American Century’s target-date funds, like the One Choice Target Date Portfolios, come in five-year increments based on your target retirement year.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

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

Another key AB 238 amendment is the extension of relief from 12 to 36 months, which borrowers seek in 90-day increments.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Every day, in perfect increments, I was dying of loss.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff