as in to increase
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade
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Recent Examples of mushroom
The amount of battery storage capacity in the state has mushroomed nearly 2,000% since 2019, reaching 15,763 megawatts as of Jan. 31 of this year.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
The lottery's executive director at the time, Gary Grief, resigned in February 2024 before the bulk purchase had mushroomed into a scandal.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Meanwhile as the case dragged on, its cost mushroomed.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 4 July 2025
The entire Lilo & Stitch catalog has mushroomed annually on Disney+ based on hours streamed, and the franchise has clocked more than a half-billion (546M) hours on Disney+ around the globe, with the original 2002 movie notching north of 280M hours viewed.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 June 2025
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
The lottery's executive director at the time, Gary Grief, resigned in February 2024 before the bulk purchase had mushroomed into a scandal.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Meanwhile as the case dragged on, its cost mushroomed.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 4 July 2025
The entire Lilo & Stitch catalog has mushroomed annually on Disney+ based on hours streamed, and the franchise has clocked more than a half-billion (546M) hours on Disney+ around the globe, with the original 2002 movie notching north of 280M hours viewed.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mushroom
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Decades of research and studies in agriculture have increased production across all crops in the U.S., said James, and cannabis can adopt those same technologies.—
Julie Weed,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The International Energy Agency projects electric vehicles will increase grid demand by 40-60% in high-adoption regions like ours.—
Mark McNees,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Sales rose 7% in the second quarter compared with Q2 2024 and 12% in 2025’s first half.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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According to a Strategy& report, global battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales rose 42% year over year in Q1 2025, reaching 4 million units when combined with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which use both a battery and an engine.—
Zohar Bronfman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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This leads to swelling and a build-up of fluids in the area, which can cause cloudy vision and other changes.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
30 July 2025
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Dolphins head coach McDaniel also stated that there was too much swelling in Kohou's knee to determine what the injury truly is.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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As for Nowak’s question about the possibility of AWS’ growth rate accelerating in the back half of the year, Jassy wouldn’t directly answer it but stressed his optimism, in part stemming from AWS customers starting to deploy more AI products at scale that should continue to ramp in coming quarters.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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With complete control of its destiny, the WSL has accelerated its growth, becoming one of the premier women’s leagues in the world, alongside the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the U.S. and Spain’s Liga F.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Peters waxed philosophical when asked about Pope’s lack of timely action.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Surely Chekov’s bikini line will be waxed before the season’s finale curtain.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
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The 8000 was born after the engineers at GE Aerospace reconfigured the Passport’s software and McCullough’s team expanded the fuel capacity in the wings.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
26 July 2025
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Plans to redevelop and expand Whitefish Bay's Sendik's Food Market would put a new two-story store on a prominent Silver Spring Drive corner just east of the grocer's existing location, which would be demolished and turned into a parking lot.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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The digital asset suffered this retracement after rising more than 60% in value, climbing from less than $2,400 earlier in July.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Requirements: Must be at least 16 years old; naturally creative, enthusiastic and animated; able to positively interact non-verbally with guests; able to walk, climb and stand while wearing a heavy, oversized and confining full body character costume for up to 20-30 minutes at a time.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Mushroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mushroom. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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