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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But bit by bit, day by day, week by week, his recovery slowly progresses. Tom Williams, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025 The momentum – with a White House tearing up economic and security norms by the sheaf, and Ukraine struggling to meet manpower and resource needs – is day by day more in its favor. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025 But the trade policy landscape is shifting day by day, and complex multinational supply chains take much longer to redesign. Courtenay Brown, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025 The market has climbed back a bit, but watching U.S. stocks struggle day by day is a recipe for indigestion. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for day by day

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“Day by day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20by%20day. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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