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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This culture was built day by day, brick by brick, steady and gradual.
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Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
In the past, my family had existed day by day, each one as precarious as the next.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Stock markets would digest the fallout day by day
A government shutdown threatens more turmoil in a stock market that has endured a rough few weeks, risking higher anxiety for those eyeing their retirement accounts or stock portfolios ahead of the new year.
—Brian Cheung, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Whispers were already coming out of Syria that something was happening, first in the northern city of Aleppo, but moving south toward the capital, Damascus, day by day.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
In the past, my family had existed day by day, each one as precarious as the next.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Stock markets would digest the fallout day by day
A government shutdown threatens more turmoil in a stock market that has endured a rough few weeks, risking higher anxiety for those eyeing their retirement accounts or stock portfolios ahead of the new year.
—Brian Cheung, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Whispers were already coming out of Syria that something was happening, first in the northern city of Aleppo, but moving south toward the capital, Damascus, day by day.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Day by day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20by%20day. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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