Example Sentences

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Apple has been increasing the amount of dynamic random-access memory in its phones over the past few years to prepare for the launch of Apple Intelligence.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Scarazzato said the "major player" in the region was China, which has been increasing spending every year for the past three decades, and spent an estimated $336 billion in 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 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