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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This scheme works, Saylor says, because Bitcoin has been increasing in price.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
There also has been increasing nervousness about the credit profiles of heavy-spending hyperscalers, where the cost of insuring their debt has been climbing in recent months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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
The total bill for working age sickness and disability benefits has been increasing rapidly since 2020.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
