- present participle of increase.
increasing
Example Sentences
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This in turn will have the offsetting effect of increasing how much is sold and thereby raising the demand for labor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Analysts project Oracle’s revenue to rise 20% to $19.1 billion, with cloud sales increasing 48% to nearly $10 billion.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
With increasing use of HFOs, accumulation of TFA in water bodies will potentially grow and this makes long-term monitoring a necessity.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
The decline in sales at the lowest price points shows that renters are having increasing trouble saving for down payments, said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Drizzle started to fall, increasing the already cutthroat competition for a cab.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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