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little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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Carreira is not interested in vilifying individuals but in teasing out the inhumanity of working conditions that grind people down little by little.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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
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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20by%20little. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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