as in gradually
by small steps or amounts
little by little, we pieced together the jigsaw puzzle
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Throughout the decades, the industries that people were permitted to operate in were expanded little by little.
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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
Furthermore, players are returning little by little.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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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
Furthermore, players are returning little by little.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for little by little
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“Little by little.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/little%20by%20little. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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