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little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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How to prepare for the time change Some people try to prepare for a time change jolt by changing their bed times little by little in the days before the change.
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Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
Throughout the decades, the industries that people were permitted to operate in were expanded little by little.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
There is also the work of the make-up artist, the hairdresser, the wardrobe [team] that shows changes like deteriorating hair, little by little.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
Carreira is not interested in vilifying individuals but in teasing out the inhumanity of working conditions that grind people down little by little.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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Associated Press, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
Throughout the decades, the industries that people were permitted to operate in were expanded little by little.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
There is also the work of the make-up artist, the hairdresser, the wardrobe [team] that shows changes like deteriorating hair, little by little.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
Carreira is not interested in vilifying individuals but in teasing out the inhumanity of working conditions that grind people down little by little.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20by%20little. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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