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increase

[in-krees, in-krees] / ɪnˈkris, ˈɪn kris /




Usage

What are other ways to say increase? To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work).

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They are not just talking about adding on a few cells here and there, but spelling out a monumental increase in the numbers of people that the country locks up.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"When it gets really warm, that water expands... which causes sea levels to rise just because the water is warm, so you get an additional additive increase in sea level," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

On the other hand, Wall Street now has to grapple with the risk that slower job growth and the Fed’s previous rate increase could contribute to a more serious economic slowdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Industry data varies on how prevalent the price cutting is, but everything points to an increase.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The slave trade had become less profitable during the Revolution as slaveholders relied more on the natural increase of their enslaved population.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Ryan said increases like this exacerbate an already serious cost of living crisis for students like him.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Separately on Friday, the G7 nations agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil to head off further increases.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Between 2000 and 2023, the WHO Americas region recorded the largest increases in risk of mortality and healthy life loss, while the Western Pacific saw substantial declines.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s difficult to know how much of those pay increases are powered by demand to build AI data centers, but it could be part of the story, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Such a system set the stage for explosive increases in specific insect populations.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Northern Ireland's largest provider of natural gas, SSE Airtricity, increased its prices by almost 19% on Thursday for its 200,000 domestic and small business customers.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“An intuitive emotional reaction to the slightest possibility of an animal,” Mr. Bond writes, “would have considerably increased their chances of survival.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Year over year, earnings increased 3%, just under the 3.1% forecast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Food and drinks inflation increased to 1.4 percent from 1.1 percent in August.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The speed increased and turned into a cyclone.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Competition from rivals is increasing, including from 7 Brew, a privately held drive-through coffee chain, and larger players such as Starbucks, which is undergoing a turnaround and refreshing its drink menu, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He appeared to call for the rules of warfare to be rewritten, and warned of the increasing risk of artificial intelligence.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Refineries in the U.S. and elsewhere started increasing their own production of jet fuel at the expense of diesel runs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

He also wants to raise the threshold for properties subject to the tax to $10 million, to account for the increasing costs of construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As a cloud of gas collapses, it gets hotter and denser, and hydrogen atoms slam into one another with increasing force.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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