increased

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To cope with the funding shortfalls, every local authority in Scotland has increased council tax - ranging from 4% in Edinburgh to 10% in Aberdeenshire and Moray.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Domestic U.S. airfares have significantly increased, with United Airlines more than doubling and American Airlines rising 41%.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

That median multiple has increased most sharply among semiconductor and power-generation stocks while the median multiple among hyperscalers and memory-chip makers has not, Hammond points out.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The producer-price index increased 6.5% over the past 12 months, marking the fastest wholesale inflation since 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen