increase
verb (used with object)
to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to.
has been increasing
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present perfect progressiveof increase (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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There has been increasing pressure on Bonta to engage in settlement talks with Paramount, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and others weighing in recently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Visa has been increasing its use of AI to fight fraud through its Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness platform, a tool designed to help clients identify and fix vulnerabilities to fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
Why cancer has been increasing in people's late teens, 20s, 30s and 40s has been puzzling scientists for years.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
