crescively

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Adverb
  • In the wake of the Para Site retrospective came a wave of new opportunities and invitations to work at an increasingly ambitious scale, including a commission for the M+ Facade, a 360-foot-wide harbor-facing LED screen on the side of the Hong Kong museum.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Those consumers have been increasingly seeking out solutions to ease the physical process, according to Circana.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 2 May 2026
Adverb
  • Meeting up with my friends and fiancé at a local dive bar in Washington, DC, answering progressively trickier questions about geography, science, history, politics and my favorite, pop culture – what wasn't there to like?
    David Oliver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • For Starmer, whose future as leader of a progressively rudderless Labour Party is now at risk, these projections are about as helpful as a hole in the head.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The Suns led by nine in the first quarter, but the Thunder gradually regained control and led for the entire second half.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • These Birkenstock Arizonas are also made with their signature cork footbeds, which can mold to the shape of your feet gradually to improve comfort and support your foot health.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The birth at the San Diego Zoo is just one deer — but little by little, a little becomes a lot.
    Ryan Brennan April 24, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Consequently, in the 1980s, the ideas and ideals embodied in the New World Information and Communication Order debates and the MacBride Report were little by little stowed away as free market and globalization became the key words in a new digital communication era.
    Stijn Joye, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The technique requires building each flower piece by piece, adding to the hyperrealistic effect.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 27 Apr. 2026
  • As the wind continued to blow, the man approached the chimes and began cutting them down piece by piece.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Crescively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescively. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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