increase
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The company blamed the increase on erratic weather that created more dried vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The upshot is that those premiums are, for the most part, guaranteed to remain fixed and never increase over your entire lifetime, as long as the monthly payments are maintained.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Chinese imports rose 27.4% in May, an increase from April’s 25.3% and exceeding economists’ 22.1% growth forecast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Energy prices are the main culprit, but even when stripping those out along with food costs, core CPI is expected to increase 2.9%.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
So, while the Nazis did increase the number of new jobs by building and repairing roads, railways, and houses as well as building up their military, they also took employment away from other Germans.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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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