increase
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"Increase slowly - if we suddenly make a dramatic change, our gut goes 'hang on a minute', and we can end up with bloating and constipation."
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Increase in Black Friday retail sales from 2024, excluding autos, up from 2024’s 3.4%, Mastercard estimated.
From Barron's • Dec. 6, 2025
Appeared in the October 28, 2025, print edition as 'New York’s Annual Stealth Tax Increase'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
The practice has become so common that the industry gave it a name: Existing Customer Rate Increase, or ECRI.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2025
“Well, this is the first night Miss Myrt’s in her grave. Now Increase Whittlesey’s not the only teacher in the graveyard, pushing up daisies.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing increase
"Siberian Survivors" and "Tigers in the Wild"
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Arithmetic, List 1
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Unit 17, Lesson 2
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