on the increase
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“So it’s not that the market is strong, but it’s a lot stronger than I thought it was based on the increase in mortgage rates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Would I owe capital-gains tax based on the increase in value since my father gifted me the stock?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Statistics show the number of people who choose the "do no donate" instruction was also on the increase over the past year.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
As the number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is on the increase, new treatments are urgently needed to improve the quality of life for people living with the disease.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
Meanwhile the question of the new definition has roused a great excitement throughout the Christian world, which is still on the increase; some desire the definition, others emphatically repudiate it.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
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