Sample sentences for INCREMENT

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Definition

one of a series of increases; or the amount of an increase — especially in small, consistent amounts

Bidding starts at $100 with minimum increments of $10.

increments = increases

The table shows the amount of tax based on $1,000 increments in income.

increments = increases

We think we can get incremental business from the same customers by expanding our product line.

incremental = additional

Why do tennis scores increase in uneven increments?

increments = amounts

They charge for international calls in 1-minute increments.

increments = regular measures of increase

The variable increments by one in each loop.

increments = increases

Uber's surge pricing program detects situations where there is a shortage of drivers and increments charges to customers and payments to drivers depending upon the scale of the shortage.

increments = increases

You gotta earn my tolerance in increments if you gon' date my daughter.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

increments = a series of gradual increases

Instead they zigzagged back and forth, increasing their altitude by small increments every time they changed directions.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

increments = amounts

Of course, I gradually shared my past with them in increments as they grew older.
Leon Leyson -- The Boy on the Wooden Box
Information rushed toward me, rushed slowly, incrementally.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
We turn onto a different highway, and the speed limit goes back up incrementally, but Radar is driving slowly anyway.
John Green -- Paper Towns
"We have evidence that you paid to Sharon DeBlass one hundred thousand dollars, in twenty-five thousand dollar increments in one year's period."
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
There had been some incremental improvements in the system since then, maybe, but Demoxie would explode it all.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
Every increment required meth or more meth.
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
In his practice sessions, he rode in sixteen-second increments, exactly double the time he'd need to ride in the arena.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
After another incremental budge, I watched as Eli put his hand on the back of the bike, nudging it forward just slightly.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
Change is gradual and incremental, and when one lives in the midst of one's family, one rarely notices differences in them.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
And they lined the beach in evenly spaced increments that continued as far as he could see.
Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
I could feel the control of my body come back to me in increments, and those increments were my first markers of the time passing.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn

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