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What does on the rise mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word on the rise? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) rising; becoming greater in number.
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And rural police response times are on the rise, adding to rural anxieties.
Exports of joint ventures or subsidiaries of overseas companies are also on the rise.
Figures suggest that the minimum amount of money needed for subsistence is on the rise in real terms.
Being subjected to unwanted interference in public places is becoming an issue and cell phone rage, along with road and air rage is on the rise.
Unfortunately, these numbers are on the rise due to insecticide resistance, antimalarial drug resistance, and environmental changes.
In the early days of homeopathy, Galenic herbalism was dying and allopathy was on the rise.

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