increase
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Now, NBC’s six-year deal with the Premier League is worth more than $450 million a season, a more than five-fold increase on the initial contract.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The calculation compares average inflation for the third quarter of the current year with average inflation for the third quarter of the prior year—the percentage increase between the two is the COLA.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The consumer price index rose 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis — the largest monthly increase in three years — pushing the annual inflation rate to 4.2%.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Frasers has built a reputation for swooping in to buy retail brands which have fallen into administration, but its gradual increase in ownership of profit-making Hugo Boss over several years is a different approach.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
This stunning development reflects the dramatic increase in the number and race of those sent to prison for drug crimes.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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