- present participle of increase.
increasing
Example Sentences
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The World Cup winners will also have to play one more round than ever before - again increasing the chance for goals.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
It added the North's development of a war deterrent "with nuclear technology as a basis" would proceed "at increasing speed".
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
In 2005 he started a business selling health-food vending machines but came to feel an increasing sense of inner emptiness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
It’s doubled in a year and the spending is going up faster, so the rate and the size are both increasing.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Some nights, groups of church members, concerned about the increasing interest in the occult, gathered outside the house to protest.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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