skyrocketed; skyrocketing; skyrockets
: to shoot up abruptly
prices are skyrocketing
Examples of skyrocket in a Sentence
Verb
His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Caroline Rose Giuliani, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Page cited a combination of federal funding cuts, skyrocketing health care costs, diminishing enrollment and more behind the budget constraints, while local teachers cited local investment issues as well.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
Fees for things like marketing, accounting and legal work skyrocketed from near-zero to roughly $50,000 a year.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
And world oil prices would skyrocket, slamming the world economy.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
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Verb
Sorry that your electricity bill has skyrocketed—your neighbor is in love with her dishwasher.
—Caroline Rose Giuliani, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Page cited a combination of federal funding cuts, skyrocketing health care costs, diminishing enrollment and more behind the budget constraints, while local teachers cited local investment issues as well.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
Fees for things like marketing, accounting and legal work skyrocketed from near-zero to roughly $50,000 a year.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
And world oil prices would skyrocket, slamming the world economy.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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skyrocket
1 of 2 noun
sky·rock·et
ˈskī-ˌräk-ət 
skyrocket
2 of 2 verb1
: to shoot up suddenly
costs have skyrocketed
2
: to cause to rise or increase rapidly
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