- present participle of increase.
increasing
Example Sentences
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Kindred Squared said the West Midlands had seen one of the biggest declines in school readiness in the country, with the number of children lacking skills such as toileting increasing year on year.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Instead of increasing density first, researchers could heat the plasma before making it denser.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
She also talks about affordability and increasing border security.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
"Our aim by increasing investment in national defence is not to provoke, rather, it is to deter war," President Lai Ching-te said in speech to celebrate Taiwan's National Day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
“But it was a sight we did not like, for the floes were thudding against our floeberg with increasing violence. Our temporary home was being swept away at an unpleasantly rapid rate.”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
