- 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
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
The unpopularity of the product is seen as increasing one risk to the AI trade: more regulation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
I froze in fear, feeling a tingling sensation that started in the center of my spine and moved upward, increasing in strength as it went, until my forehead buzzed.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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