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“Whoever is first to push the technological limit even an inch higher will redefine what’s possible across every industry,” Tang wrote in a memo to employees in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

She looks up, eyes following every square inch of the structure until the point where it juts past the clouds and into the dark atmosphere above, beyond where she can see.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Every inch of this house-shaped book contributes to the subtle spookiness of our tale, starting with the cover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The snails, which measure no bigger than a third of an inch or 8mm in size, are important as they eat vegetation and enrich the soil.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

She’d thought they were only half an inch long, but this close up, Akira realized the scars were only the beginning.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

At one point, the gage measurement on that stretch of the river reached below three inches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Two to 4 inches of rain had fallen as of late Sunday morning in parts of central West Virginia, forecasters said, with flash-flood advisories lasting through Monday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In my newfound visibility, I doubled down on the style that concealed something — anything — about me, if only a few inches of forehead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Borrow a few inches from the precarious ledge beside the table.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Ash had slid off high banks and pooled on the road almost too deep to walk in, the bottom six inches were hot as hell,” remembered Bruce, and he was wearing boots.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index inched up to 35 in August from 34 in July as concerns about high mortgage rates, rising construction costs and the economy persisted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

An index produced by the Institute for Supply Management inched up to 54.1% from 54.0% in the prior month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Revenue inched up 1% to $6.91 billion compared to the year-ago period, when Paramount was controlled by media heiress Shari Redstone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

As she continued to type, the four of them inched forward.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Rescue teams from seven countries are inching towards a man who survived the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Inflation estimates are once again inching higher, and in recent months yields have climbed to reflect a greater likelihood for rate hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Economists aren’t quite sure what to expect from Warsh, as his colleagues seem to be inching closer to wanting rate hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

“I like that we’re inching it forward just a little bit. ‘Game of Thrones’ in 2026,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The rats were hauling it laboriously through the grass, inching it along in the direction of a very large wild rosebush in the far corner of the yard.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien