Examples of gradualism in the following topics:
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- Two patterns are currently observed in the rates of speciation: gradual speciation and punctuated equilibrium.
- In terms of how quickly speciation occurs, two patterns are currently observed: the gradual speciation model and the punctuated equilibrium model.
- In the gradual speciation model, species diverge gradually over time in small steps.
- While punctuated equilibrium suggests a faster tempo, it does not necessarily exclude gradualism .
- In (a) gradual speciation, species diverge at a slow, steady pace as traits change incrementally.
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- By 1805, most Northern states had passed laws calling for either immediate or gradual abolition.
- Pennsylvania's "gradual abolition"—as
opposed to Massachusetts's 1783 "instant abolition"—became a model
for freeing slaves in other Northern states.
- Their gradual abolition laws freed future
children of slaves at their birth, and all slaves after a certain date or
period of years.
- New Jersey's gradual abolition law
freed future children of slaves at birth, but those enslaved before the passage
of the gradual abolition law remained enslaved for life.
- Identify which group and/or region supported the policy of gradual abolition
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- If the composer wants the change from one dynamic level to another to be gradual, different markings are added.
- A crescendo (pronounced "cresh-EN-doe") means "gradually get louder"; a decrescendo or diminuendo means "gradually get quieter".
- Here are three different ways to write the same thing: start softly (piano), gradually get louder (crescendo) until the music is loud (forte), then gradually get quieter (decrescendo or diminuendo) until it is quiet (piano) again.
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- Readers who did not understand how to do this before watch the teacher model the strategy, practice with scaffolding, and gradually begin to internalize the process for themselves.
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- The devolution revolution was a movement started by Reagan in the 1980s that involves the gradual return of power to the states.
- New Federalism, which is characterized by a gradual return of power to the states, was initiated by President Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) with his "devolution revolution" in the early 1980s, and lasted until 2001.
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- Although it may seem that living things today stay the same, this is not the case: evolution is a gradual and ongoing process.
- During this time, a Scottish naturalist named James Hutton proposed that geological change occurs gradually by the accumulation of small changes over long periods of time.
- The greater age of the earth proposed by Lyell supported the gradual evolution that Darwin proposed, and the slow process of geological change provided an analogy for the gradual change in species.
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- Nixon attempted to gradually remove U.S. troops to buy time and build up the strength of the South Vietnamese armed forces.
- The goal of American military operations during this era was to buy time, gradually building up the strength of the South Vietnamese armed forces, and re-equipping it with modern weapons, so that it could defend South Vietnam on its own.
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- Agriculture in North America emerged only gradually, but proved revolutionary in its impact.
- Agriculture in North America emerged only gradually, but proved revolutionary in its impact.
- Agriculture gradually became more important throughout the first millennium CE, with villagers becoming largely agricultural by the beginning of the second millennium.
- The archaeological record suggests that humans were collecting these plants from the wild by 6,000 BCE, then gradually modifying them by selective collection and cultivation.
- It seems that maize was adopted first as a supplement to existing agricultural plants, but gradually came to dominate as its yields increased.
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- Gradual changes in the basic tempo are also common in music, though, and these have their own set of terms.
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- The evolution of plants occurred by a gradual development of novel structures and reproduction mechanisms .
- The adaptation of plants to life on land occurred gradually through the stepwise development of physical structures and reproduction mechanisms