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The phrase "a slight increase over" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two quantities or values to indicate a small rise in one compared to the other.
Example: "The report showed a slight increase over last year's sales figures, indicating a positive trend."
Alternatives: "a small rise compared to" or "a minor uptick from".
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Apple executives said the company's gross margin was 27.8percentt, a slight increase over 27.7percentt in the quarter a year ago.
The number is a slight increase over 2008.
Last year they also performed 10,000 free vasectomies on men, a slight increase over 1996.
However, 6 of the 11 experienced pneumonia, a slight increase over the average number of deaths from that cause.
Ford is spending $110,000 this year on advertising in both aMagazine and aOnline, a slight increase over previous expenditures.
Police have recorded 27 traffic-related fatalities this year, a slight increase over this time in 2017.
RCA's sales, meanwhile, are expected to display a "slight increase" over 1968's record of $3,129,000,000.
The cap has been set at $120.6 million in salary for 2012, a slight increase over 2011.
The Interior Department's appropriation for wildland firefighting was $276.5 million, a slight increase over the previous year.
Provides $11.7bn in discretionary funding, a slight increase over the 2012 level, to maintain core services to workers, retirees, survivors, and people with disabilities.
For last week's fall 2001 shows, 1,650 members of the news media registered, including 503 foreign journalists, a slight increase over last year.
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