Growing
Growing noun - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.
Increase and growing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Increase" instead the word "Growing" as a noun or a verb.
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Both words in one sentence
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Also, "fastest growing" could mean that there used to be one customer and then there were five more, making a five-hundred percent increase.
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Fans of the series noticed a sharp increase in quality and consistent stories and it coincided with Commander Riker, Jonathan Frakes, growing a beardnote This was for his part in the North and South (Trilogy) miniseries, which was filmed between seasons 1 and 2.
Source: Growing the Beard - The show has an episode about thornoids, which are sentient drugs meant to increase strength and muscles size, but have side-effect of growing thorns.
Source: G-Rated Drug
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