little by little

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Recent Examples on the Web Furthermore, players are returning little by little. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 But time does offer you the opportunity, little by little, to see the past in context. R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024 The house was built in 1772 by Jonas Cutts, the wealthy owner of thousands of acres between two New England rivers who sold them off little by little, to maintain the Cutts family’s bizarre illusion of living on an English country estate. Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024 Alternate tweezing hairs from one side to the other side, little by little. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for little by little 

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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/little%20by%20little. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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