incremental

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The pros also make use of their scale to make frequent, strategic trades—sometimes tens of thousands a day—and book profits on incremental moves, with a measure of attention and discipline rarely seen in recreational users.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Any benefit for other carriers would be incremental, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Standardized test scores have trended upward since the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state average, but the pace remains too incremental for critics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

But Ford is facing higher-than-expected inflation, increasing costs by an incremental $1 billion.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

A new logic of repetition and incremental variation took its place.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall