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increasingly

[in-kree-sing-lee] / ɪnˈkri sɪŋ li /
ADVERB
to a greater extent
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
decreasingly less


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Harry, for instance, is increasingly giving keynote speeches, including recently to a Canadian real-estate company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

These largely dull, pedestrian Rangers men playing in front of a mostly hushed and increasingly tired stadium with 15,000 empty seats.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Mounting yields alone won’t do it, Edwards argues, but they do “leave equity investors increasingly vulnerable to bad news such as a downturn in heady profits optimism.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

It started to falter under the new "three red lines" -- caps for three different debt ratios -- which forced the group to offload properties at increasingly steep discounts.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Over time computers became increasingly accurate—and they were certainly a lot faster than a human being.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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