Example Sentences
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The food truck industry has grown as the costs to start a brick-and-mortar restaurant have steadily increased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The force said it followed "a significant change in weather conditions" which has increased the risk of fire spreading towards the village of Nethy Bridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Costs for large-scale solar projects increased to an average of $69 per megawatt hour, up from $58 last year, according to Lazard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Yet in the face of that constraint — and despite the fact that the company is shifting capacity from personal-computer CPUs to server CPUs — client revenue still substantially increased from the prior-year quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
An elephant seal or two increased their food supply.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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