Antonyms for by inchesby inch·es

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1. by inches, little by little, by small degreesadverb

   by a short distance

   "they moved it by inches"

   Synonyms:
   piecemeal, in stages, bit by bit, little by little, by small degrees

How to use by inches in a sentence?

1. San Francisco designer Martha Angus:

   A boxwood hedge might be 18 to 24 inches deep, that takes up a lot of space. Faux boxwood comes in squares that are 3 inches deep that you can staple to a fence. They’re absolutely gorgeous, don’t require water and take up no room whatsoever.

2. Esther Joy King:

   We’re just building on everything we accomplished in 2020. We came within inches of victory, our effort is a snowball rolling down the hill and we’re growing on a day by day basis.

3. Jimmy Trips:

   Ten inches of raw uncut power.

4. Catherine Bradshaw:

   With the big ice sheet on Antarctica like we have today, the predominant winds are known as katabatic winds, and these go from the land to the sea, they originate from the ice sheet where it is very high, very cold and very dry -- in fact Antarctica receives only a few inches of snowfall a year and is so dry it is classified as a desert.

5. The NWS:

   The potential exists for 4 to 8 inches of snow for some of these areas by Wednesday night, lighter snow is expected farther north across the southern Great Lakes and into New England, and some freezing rain is likely across parts of the Ohio Valley and into Pennsylvania.

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