- present participle of increase.
increasing
Example Sentences
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The most likely executive action is increasing enforcement around chip smuggling into China.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
They don’t expect prices to return to pre-pandemic levels, yet they are frustrated that they keep increasing, particularly for the things that they spend most of their paychecks on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
She said the new spending is an extension of Silicon Valley’s increasing presence in California lawmaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Chowdhury has also been accused by his siblings of bullying their mother into increasing his share of the family home days before she died.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Hydrogen gas was building up in reactor 1, and the increasing volume of the gas, combined with the steam created by decay, was making the pressure in the containment vessel climb.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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