increase
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The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Last year, the board voted for a 3% increase on one-year leases and a 4.5% increase on two-year leases, effective from Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
"We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly."
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
A 10-year refurbishment of Buckingham Palace - funded through a temporary increase in the Sovereign Grant which pays for the official duties of the royals - is due to be completed in March.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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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