They are issues for increasing numbers of Americans.
The ensuing cultural transformation has made traditional high schools an anachronism for increasing numbers of teenagers.
For increasing numbers of parents, this moment comes at the 20-week scan.
Considering breast-feeding a toddler may be biology for increasing numbers of women.
Doctors are now caring for increasing numbers of young people in their 30s with permanent alcohol-related brain damage.
It has made my adopted hometown a no-go area for increasing numbers of the middle class.
For increasing numbers of modification recipients, mortgage relief is apparently not enough to stave off financial collapse.
In fact, for increasing numbers of people, a generator is seen as a necessity, if an expensive and imperfect one.
For increasing numbers of both working-class and middle-class men the traditional role of family breadwinner and head of household is unattainable.
The increases in tuition, book costs, and room and board have made college attendance unaffordable for increasing numbers of would-be students.
But for increasing numbers of people, including many who consider themselves non-religious, spirituality is a dimension of their lives which they want to be accentuated.
