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as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean
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as in thrived
to grow vigorously
the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good
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Recent Examples of burgeoned
Their friendships burgeoned when each was a member of Palisades High’s JV football team.
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Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
His career as an actor burgeoned alongside his art career, which took off when soul, funk, and R&B group the Neville Brothers tapped him to create the cover for their 1989 Grammy-winning breakthrough album Yellow Moon.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
Industries sprouted and bloomed, inventions burgeoned, standards of living for masses always hit new heights.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
His career as an actor burgeoned alongside his art career, which took off when soul, funk, and R&B group the Neville Brothers tapped him to create the cover for their 1989 Grammy-winning breakthrough album Yellow Moon.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
Industries sprouted and bloomed, inventions burgeoned, standards of living for masses always hit new heights.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgeoned
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That figure is used to determine the league’s cut, which for all local TV deals has since increased from 34% to 48%.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, the average new car payment has increased by $300, or more than 35%, since then to $769.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Ball needed a team that wouldn’t count on him so much (like Cleveland last year, when Ty Jerome thrived in fewer minutes for a healthy team).—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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He will be joined again by the right-handed Erceg — who thrived in the fireman’s role in 2025 — and John Schreiber for high-leverage situations.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2026
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Excess mortality bloomed in Republican counties and communities saturated with denialist media.—
Jennifer W. Tsai,
STAT,
18 Jan. 2026
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While the former is simply coated in a buttery hot sauce, the latter is marinated in a blend of spice and brine; dry rubbed with cayenne pepper, paprika, brown sugar, and garlic powder; and then finished in a muddy oil that’s bloomed with the same ingredients as the dry rub.—
Matt Moore,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
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Eagle numbers rose significantly first in the 1990s, then continued to increase.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Alcoholic Sparkling Wines For Valentine’s Day Do Epic Sh*t sparkling wine now comes in a 'pretty in pink' rose as well, available at the end of January 2026.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, a Democrat who said he was not told of the event, said Hegseth’s visit shows how the city has flourished despite such setbacks as the closure of Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III transport plant.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Historically, the water’s purity was singular, giving life to a watershed that flourished because of a unique paucity of nutrients, a situation that hindered the pursuit of any single species that would dominate the rest.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Met show opens in the eighteen-eighties, when naturalism flowered in Parisian art schools.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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Anger swelled again in August 2024 after the Detroit Free Press broke the story locally that the landfill was preparing to take 6,000 cubic yards of soil and concrete with elevated radioactivity from the Niagara Falls Storage Site in Lewiston, New York.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But Peacock’s losses swelled to $552 million in the fourth quarter as the streaming service absorbed the expense of NBC’s NBA TV rights agreement and an exclusive NFL game.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Lane Bryant store is now gone, the shopping center on the far west side of Tinley Park has blossomed and life in the southwest suburb now known as an entertainment mecca goes on.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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That cleared cap space and enabled the Rams to begin rebuilding the roster, which blossomed this season with third-year stars such as Nacua and veterans such as Stafford and Davante Adams.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Burgeoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgeoned. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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