INCREASING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

increasing

verb

present participle of increase

as in expanding

to make greater in size, amount, or number we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive

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as in rising

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s

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Recent Examples of increasing James Ward During the debate, Republican candidate Steve Hilton said that only a small percentage of California has been developed for housing, arguing that the state should focus on building homes on undeveloped land rather than increasing density in existing cities. —

James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Doing so compresses the light reflected from the plasma, thereby increasing its intensity. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026 Trump will almost certainly ask Xi for help pressuring Iran, ramping up exports of rare-earth minerals and increasing purchases of US goods – all while threatening to raise tariffs on China. —

David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 In a bathroom that is heavily used and/or sees long, hot showers daily, Christiansen recommends increasing the cleaning frequency to every three to four months. —

Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026 The number of adolescents reporting poor mental health is increasing, according to the CDC. —

Jack Petocz, AJC.com, 14 May 2026 California has already smashed through a series of heat records with increasing regularity, including earlier this year — notching the hottest March ever recorded. —

Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 This feeling of stasis is made all the more worrying by Ukraine’s increasing ability to strike inside Russia itself. —

Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 Structural deficits from backlogged issues, increasing costs, less revenue from the federal and state governments, decreased tourist spending and the failure of holding departments accountable to their budgets have created significant challenges to maintaining our core services. —

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026

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With revenue-sharing challenges mounting across college athletics — and some schools already cutting sports — expanding the playoff has become a potential financial lifeline.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
According to Abbott's office, the Texas Department of Public Safety is immediately expanding the Texas Repeat Offender Taskforce to the Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin metropolitan areas.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 14 May 2026