on the increase
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Would I owe capital-gains tax based on the increase in value since my father gifted me the stock?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Criminal damage to listed buildings is on the increase, the body which preserves and protects Welsh heritage has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
Data shows exclusions are on the increase, with a particular jump in fixed-term exclusions of five days or less - up from 12,774 instances in 2018-19 to 22,945 in 2022-23.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
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
The imagery and dialect give the songs their peculiar charm; the more mechanical production that is apparently on the increase may be sung to the same melody, but the song itself has little beauty.
From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Odum, Howard W.
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