increasing

[in-kree-sing] / ɪnˈkri sɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

becoming larger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developing expanding growing rising

STRONG

accumulating augmenting booming broadening enlarging flourishing maturing multiplying proliferating snowballing sprouting swelling waxing widening

WEAK

getting big piling up

ADJECTIVE

becoming more intense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerating deepening escalating growing intensifying

STRONG

accentuating advancing building emphasizing heightening sharpening

WEAK

building up dominant

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"I'm very concerned about this increasing rise in eating disorders and I hope that we'll be able to manage the demand."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2021

So, I understand the impulse to say that the increasing rise of satire news can't be good.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

I have not seen this show but I am struck by the increasing rise of nostalgic content in popular culture.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2016

But at last I could hear her breathe and could see the increasing rise and fall of it, so that I feared a crisis.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon

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