But over the years it gradually shed its religious affiliation and became a secular institution, as did the other Ivies.

Then they gradually shed their clothes until they were in their underwear.

Regardless, in the decades after Prohibition Americans gradually shed any stigma they might have had against alcohol.

He gradually sheds the manners and language that mark him as an outsider.

As a serial drama, the show has gradually shed viewers who have not been able to keep up with its multiple, intertwined story lines.

The findings are the latest in a series that are gradually shedding light on the human body's weight control system.

This causes the plates to gradually shed the paste.

To concentrate its focus, the company has gradually shed lines based on microprocessors other than Sparc.

She gradually shed the layers of white cloth that enclosed her.

Mines gradually shed his jacket, vest, and tie, completely oblivious to the rest of us.