- comparative of steep.
steeper
Example Sentences
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He’s also paying steeper fuel surcharges for services like crop dusting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The benchmarks were facing steeper declines before rebounding ahead of the close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected a steeper fall of 0.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Americans are deeper in high-cost credit-card debt and they’re paying steeper interest rates on consumer loans compared to back then.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The slope is much steeper than it had seemed.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
