increase
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At the same time, consuming fat before glucose stimulated an early increase in several hormones, including glucagon, GIP, and GLP-1.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Making the wrong adjustment could fail to help or even increase pressure on the damaged joint.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
A 2018 study published in Nature indicates max-cushion shoes actually increase the total load on muscles, bones and joints compared with more-moderately cushioned shoes in part because the foot is on the ground longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
As the S&P 500 rises toward 10,000, the value of these contracts will likely increase, along with their likelihood of delivering a payoff.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
As the numbers increase, a person is added to the bucket encircled by the clasped hands.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Previous clinical studies have shown that eating vegetables, protein, or fat before carbohydrates can help limit these increases.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
This occurs when heat from fusion reactions increases the reaction rate, producing still more heat and potentially creating a self-reinforcing cycle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
This includes a record-breaking $4.5 billion in rate increases during the third quarter, according to PowerLines, a consumer-education organization.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Lastly, Disney announced its annual theme-park price increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Then I remembered something about pressure causing muscular tension which increases the pressure, etc., so that the first step is to relax the muscles.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
No severe adverse events were reported, although two participants in the intervention group and one in the sham group withdrew because of increased knee pain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
When Aaliyah found a lump in her breast, she was anxious to find out if she had inherited an increased risk of cancer.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
As for stocks on his radar, Dalio urged investors to watch out for companies poised for transformation by AI, for example through increased sales or reduced costs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
"Anxiety around undisclosed AI use has increased in recent months -- we have been getting a lot more interest from people all over the world."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“What is the employment you had in view, Mr. Rivers? I hope this delay will not have increased the difficulty of securing it.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Contaminants within the plasma and extremely strong magnetic fields can shift the location of this passage, increasing the Q value needed to reach it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The amount of AI-generated content is increasing so quickly that we may soon struggle to distinguish what has or hasn't involved AI.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
She also talks about affordability and increasing border security.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
He said Malaysia has been taking measures to combat the haze, including increasing attempts to trigger rain via cloud seeding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
I can get only about seventy-five percent of my hair into an elastic at any given time, and messing around with bobby pins is increasing the frizz.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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