has been increasing
- present perfect progressive of increase (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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With inflation at a three-year high and a firming labor market, pressure has been increasing for the Fed to address rising prices by potentially raising interest rates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Half of the U.S. population can get to Myrtle Beach within a 12-hour drive, he said, and interest from the northeastern states has been increasing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Recently, the number and scope of drone strikes on Russian tankers has been increasing.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Childhood obesity has been increasing in recent years.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
Orgoreyn and the Archipelago has been increasing during the last ten or twenty millennia, and presages the end of the Ice, or at least a recession of it and an interglacial period.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
