more and more

adverb

: to a progressively increasing extent

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Some say that more and more match-goers have taken to spending the hours before games at the stadium and doing their drinking there, rather than in pubs. Hannah Ryan, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025 Therefore, more and more programmatic platforms are projected to adopt DOOH. Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 In fact, with each passing year, more and more teens are turning to ChatGPT for help with their homework, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Mia Taylor, Parents, 23 Jan. 2025 CrowdStrike On Tuesday, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz discussed how the cybersecurity industry is changing as more and more companies integrate AI. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for more and more 

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of more and more was in the 13th century

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“More and more.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20and%20more. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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