- present participle of increase.
increasing
Example Sentences
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County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved reinstating the reward in the decade-old slaying and increasing it by $10,000.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Apotex the night before priced the IPO at C$24 a share, the top end of the range it had been aiming for after increasing the number of shares being sold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"With the advent of humanoid robotics, the demand for Bosch components and solutions is increasing," he said in a statement.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
That’s a difficult situation to be in when prices are increasing.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
As the blockade of Germany caused increasing misery, a new German naval commander, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, lost patience.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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