more and more

adverb

: to a progressively increasing extent

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However, Chinese manufactures will be the ones to feel the long-term pain as buying from China becomes more and more prohibitive. John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 The rapper's antisemitic behavior has grown more and more intense, especially over the past several months. Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 22 May 2025 Another big shift is that people are shopping online more and more these days. Adam Sarhan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 The urgency was just [building] more and more because of all the things that were happening in Los Angeles. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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