incremental
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It remains a sensitive issue within Saudi Arabia’s large, conservative society and is likely to happen incrementally and with little fanfare.
“My last two or three classes are well over 50: 55, 57. And they’re incrementally getting larger,” he boasted.
From Los Angeles Times
“Production outlooks for early 2026 remain relatively flat, but some incremental output from the Permian is possible with new outtake capacity available and strong demands from the Gulf coast region.”
“We continue to view the pricing environment as incrementally less competitive,” she adds.
But once they’re designed, the incremental cost of manufacturing more units is relatively small, so makers routinely overproduce, and sell any excess to smaller providers with less specific needs, Madannavar says.
From Barron's
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