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• n  (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
• a  proceeding in small stages
  a gradual increase in prices
• a  (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt
  a gradual slope

• Such a gradual course requires patience, guile and discipline, rather than flamboyant words and heroic poses.
• Included are icons for each turn (giving you a rough idea of the turn's degree, sharp or gradual), plus, if you choose, phonetic readings of the street names you actually hear .
• BARACK OBAMA: "I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment.

• sudden
• steep

News & Articles

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• Gradual Ruble Weakening Good for Economy As Recession Looms - Russia Minister
  Gradual Ruble Weakening Good for Economy As Recession Looms - Russia Minister
  June 13, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Police retirement fund, county programs benefit from traffic ticket fines
  Operation Thunder continued its gradual move this week from the streets of Augusta to the Richmond County courthouse, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in traffic fines being pumped back into local governmen.
  June 12, 2013 - The Augusta Chronicle
• 150 YEARS AGO: Lincoln endorses gradual emancipation in meeting with Radicals
  MACON — President Abraham Lincoln endorsed gradual, compensated emancipation for Missouri in an interview with a representative of mainly German Radical abolitionists, according to a report of the mee
  June 11, 2013 - Columbia Daily Tribune

Quotes

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• Hu Jintao in BBC News
  Over the remainder of 2008, the effects of monetary policy and fiscal stimulus, a gradual ebbing of the drag from residential construction, further progress in the repair of financial and credit markets, and still-solid demand from abroad should... Ben Bernanke http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEsTNLK-7-f3R5-thHohB-P27CEdw MarketWatch http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/bernanke-says-slowdown-bring-inflation/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BB17B9D54-A9A8-4B31-8F65-2AD170A5B561%257D%26dist%3Dmsr_1&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWIb2YzhTIRQsaDOVj8PPueCxOuA Jun 9, 2008 43173 59194 gradual China will continue to steadily advance the reform of the formation of the renminbi exchange rate mechanism under the principle of independent decision-making controllability and gradual progress," Mr Hu said.
• Barack Obama in Chippewa Herald
  We got it moving again,Obama said of the economy. "We now have to, in a gradual way, reduce spending ...... but do so in a way that doesn't hurt people. And that is a challenge."