day by day
idiom
: in small amounts every day
Day by day, the situation is becoming more complex.
She felt herself growing stronger day by day.
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In America, Ammon and his army of pizza-chomping rednecks will not stop asking why a nation born in revolution and built thereafter on a Constitution explicitly maximizing individual liberty while minimizing government intrusion seems day by day, ever more, to be getting it all backwards.
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
One of its products, delta-8 THC, is getting popular day by day.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
Despite the best efforts of many, global emissions are still escalating day by day.
—Maeve Campbell, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Working for Selznick, Cuarón would have been assaulted day by day with memos (not texts) on story and performance.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
One of its products, delta-8 THC, is getting popular day by day.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
Despite the best efforts of many, global emissions are still escalating day by day.
—Maeve Campbell, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Working for Selznick, Cuarón would have been assaulted day by day with memos (not texts) on story and performance.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Day by day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20by%20day. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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