geometrical progression

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And he said Wagner's casualties were "growing in geometrical progression every day" because of the lack of ammunition.

From BBC • May 7, 2023

Human increase, he says, is a "geometrical progression."

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is quite impossible," says Darwin, "for any arithmetical progression to fight against a geometrical progression."

From Time Magazine Archive

The beetles have infested more than 700 square miles, and are increasing in geometrical progression.

From Time Magazine Archive

The capacity of increase is necessarily in a geometrical progression: the numerical ratio alone is different.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart