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On Tuesday the latest official jobs figures will show whether a recent increase in the UK's unemployment rate has continued into October.

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The Times significantly increased its number of paying digital subscribers after Soon-Shiong purchased the paper.

Fed up with the U.S. health care system, many so-called biohackers are trying to increase access to therapies by providing people with DIY instructions to make them from the comfort of their own home.

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Hyrox, an indoor fitness race in which thousands of people take part in a series of challenges, has seen a dramatic increase in popularity since it started in Germany in 2017.

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She developed gynaecological problems, and underwent several neurological tests to determine if she was suffering from Alzheimer's or a brain tumour, as she feared, but the results didn't explain the increasing tiredness and the blackouts.

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What are other ways to say increase?

To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone’s salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one’s conceptions. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one’s income (by doing extra work).

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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