increase
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Example Sentences
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The producer-price index jumped 3.9% from a year earlier last month, accelerating from a 2.8% increase in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
That is cheap for a company expected by analysts to increase its underlying trading operating profit by 21% from last year to 2030.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"Stress essentially leads to sexual reproduction, and when that happens, we can see a massive increase in dispersal distances as animals attempt to colonise new areas due to an increase in competition."
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
So what's behind the increase – and where is the money going?
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“Or whither does your senseless curiosity lead you? Would you also create for yourself and the world a demoniacal enemy? Peace, peace! Learn my miseries and do not seek to increase your own.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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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