Sentences with phrase «notch by notch»

Now, notch by notch, fire gradually ratcheted into a new era in which natural history, including climate, would become subsets of fire history.

Buoyed by a winning cast, The Overnight unfolds a bit like a really, really long and drawn - out and kooky foreplay session, with the sexual tension between all parties rising nicely notch by notch with each passing scene.

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I've generally judged smartphone cameras by the yardstick set by Apple, since the iPhone has for years led the way in top - notch mobile imaging.

The industry did notch a significant victory by getting the corporate alternative minimum tax killed — a move executives say will reduce bankruptcies.

Level 4 takes the degree of delegation up another notch by making the decision retrospective: the manager asked the employee to tell them what they did after the action has already been taken.

It plans to notch $ 120,000 by the end of 2018.

«Construct a Foolproof Navigation System: Notch up more hits by helping visitors find their way around your site.»

«Baby & Me» notched 50 million YouTube views and 100 million total views within a matter of weeks, bolstered by a dedicated Facebook page, a sweepstakes to promote the ad and other promotional tools.

Musk notched a milestone in space on Tuesday by successfully launching the most powerful commercial rocket in the world with a Tesla Roadster sports car on board to demonstrate the kind of payload it can handle.

Entrepreneurs and top - notch developers can move fast — without sacrificing quality — by considering these four steps:

These privacy advocates argued that communications services should offer top - notch security and privacy by default.

Assuming you'd like to be among the wise 18 percent, one of the best ways you can retain existing customers is by delivering a top - notch customer experience.

When Erik passes by those Apple disciples lined up outside, including one fanboy who has a haircut modeled after the infamous «notch» of the iPhone X, Samsung pokes fun at what many have referred to as the cult of Apple — those consumers who must have the absolute newest Apple products, right away, no matter the cost.

In 2011, his company notched $ 8 million in sales, and by 2015 his revenue had leapt to $ 218 million.

Comcast notched healthy earnings from its increasingly diverse business, but even it couldn't fight the headwinds, with its stock draining more than 7 % by the end of the week.

You can help build your business's credit by making sure your personal credit score is top - notch.

Become a powerful workplace influence by effectively modeling top - notch behavior.

The drug came good in the end, and since it was acquired by Bristol - Myers Squibb it has twice notched more than $ 1 billion in annual sales.

CBS released the total viewership numbers on Monday afternoon, after preliminary ratings from Nielsen showed a 16.0 rating for Sunday's Grammys telecast, which was down slightly from the 16.1 rating notched by last year's Grammy Awards.

AIO is hoping their showing at Eureka Park — the startup zone here at CES — ratchets up their momentum by several notches.

Fitch's warning comes after S&P Global Ratings downgraded China's long - term sovereign credit rating by one notch last week to A + from AA -, citing increasing risks from the country's rapid build - up of credit.

Says Grier, «We know now that we need to turn up our marketing by 10 notches.»

TORONTO, Jan 3 - Canada's main stock index notched its highest - ever close on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

Make sure you online presence is up to par by having an engaging customer experience, top - notch branding and easy navigation.

The discovery comes at a particularly sensitive time for merchants, not only because this is the busiest time of the year for most, when by some estimates U.S. retailers will notch $ 630 billion in sales, but also because most merchants are now in the process of switching over to terminals that accept chip cards, also known as EMV cards.

But an op - ed by the USA Today editorial board earlier this month turned things up more than a few notches.

The company has built more than 2,150 homes since its inception and aims to distinguish itself by offering affordable, highly customizable products in premium locations and — most important — top - notch customer service.

A study done earlier in the year by the same company revealed that finding top - notch people is even harder than it used to be.

Standard & Poor's lowered its rating by one notch Thursday, two days after Fitch downgraded it to one step above speculative grade.

The company's recently announced goal of hiring 10,000 military veterans and spouses by 2018, for example, means that Starbucks will be gaining a fleet of largely disciplined, top - notch employees.

Ontario's unemployment fell a notch to 6.8 %, but the story there was much the same as in London — a drop in the number of working, offset by an even larger drop in the labour force.

In another good sign for producers» bottom lines, the category's super premium products notched 19.2 % gains in both revenues and volumes — by far the biggest increases across price spectrums.

«Acceptable» is one notch below «Good,» the best rating possible by the IIHS.

I know Phoebe it's a great professional journalist with incredible expertise in the Brand Journalism industry who's helping good businesses to become great businesses by staying trasparent and consisntently delivering top notch customer service and most important, educating consumers with the latest and most current information and helping with their buying decisions.

They assert that a good idea is only executable when implemented by a top - notch executive team.

Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's, which last week downgraded Spain's sovereign rating by two notches, said the country is «very unlikely» to meet its budget deficit reduction targets.

Chicago's recent triple - notch downgrade by Fitch Ratings is a stark reminder that Illinois» inability to solve its pension crisis has consequences.

Credit rating agency Moody's just downgraded by a notch the long - term ratings of BMO, ScotiaBank, Caisse centrale Desjardins, CIBC, National Bank and TD.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently upgraded shares of Barclays PLC (ADR)(NYSE: BCS) by two notches from Underperform to Buy.

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China's credit rating was downgraded one notch to A + by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), which cited increased economic and financial risks, following the significant rise in the country's debt levels since the global financial crisis.

Already in January Fitch has raised its rating by one notch to A - and this week we are expecting a rating review by S&P that may follow Fitch to upgrade Spain to A -.

As part of the ecosystem, we have worked hard to build a service that can support enterprise - grade businesses such as Microsoft by forming top - notch engineering, client operations, business development, legal, and executive teams.

Fitch Ratings this month downgraded the property firm by two notches to a junk rating, citing its inability to access offshore funding channels to boost its liquidity in a timely manner.

S&P lowered its rating by one notch to A-plus from double - A-minus.

It turns out that «being able to put more notches on my accomplishment belt, so to speak, by writing down things on my Anti-Todo list as I accomplish them throughout the day makes me feel marvelously productive and efficient -LSB-,][f] ar more so than if I just did those things and didn't write them down.»

The burger chain just inched by Victoria's Secret to notch the biggest word of mouth gains.

Since 2008, Moody's has downgraded each of the seven most leveraged countries by a minimum of two notches (relative to credit rating).

Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is available in more than 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.

Collectively, these seven countries have been downgraded by a combined 41 notches, and each Moody's downgrade always has cited debt as one of the factors (Table 1).