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'increased in number' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to indicate that something has become more numerous, either over time or in comparison to something else. For example: "The number of challenges facing the company has increased in number over the last decade."
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Statutes increased in number.
In my opinion, those types of confrontations have increased in number and intensity".
The shootings began in May but increased in number last fall.
By the mid-1930s, though, worker protests increased in number and militancy.
The protests in the capital calling for his resignation only increased in number and fervor.
More costly private clinics have increased in number.
Blacks increased in number by 11%, to 38m.
But Russian immigrants have recently increased in number.
Desalinization plants have increased in number as technology has improved.
Since Dr. Fossey brought them to worldwide attention, the gorillas in the Virungas have slightly increased in number.
They also pointed out that minorities and rural students had increased in number at the flagship university in Austin.
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