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
"I would definitely be happy to pay more if I know it was going into schools and social housing would be on the increase," she says.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 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 Howard W. Odum
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