- 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
GenAI, which can mimic with increasing accuracy genuine footage, has for example “destroyed” trust in video, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
German industrial giant Bosch said Wednesday it will step up efforts in the field of humanoid robotics, as its traditional auto parts business comes under increasing pressure.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
That’s a difficult situation to be in when prices are increasing.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
His uneasiness increasing instead of subsiding, after a quarter of an hour’s consideration, he set off for the coach-office with Startop, who volunteered his company, to make inquiry when the next coach went down.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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