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burgeon

[bur-juhn] / ˈbɜr dʒən /


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But dengue and Zika could burgeon in a warmer world.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 25, 2023

Even beyond the pandemic, he feels optimistic that the business will continue to burgeon — especially in the toilet-paper-loving U.S., where he sees a broad horizon for growth, especially among environmentally conscious consumers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

As a result, the second joey, after it is born and has grown in the pouch, will be exiting the pouch around the time that spring grasses burgeon, when there is plenty to eat.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2020

The season’s traditions burgeon with messages of brotherhood and good will.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2019

There, postponing the process of vegetation, it waits for the steady rains of the autumn, which will renew its strength and make it burgeon into a sheaf of leaves.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

And yet forced together for a few sticky Midwestern months by their young daughters, a relationship burgeons over kiddie pools and popsicles.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Lithium ion batteries are expected to remain the dominant battery chemistry as the industry burgeons, especially in transportation.

From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2021

Its emphasis falls on the folly of killing the thing that you wish would endure; terror burgeons in the gap between what was desired and what was achieved.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 21, 2019

His childlike curiosity burgeons into an adolescent’s need for experimentation and, finally, independence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Others have breakpoints that don’t kick in until the funds are gigantic, so their expenses have barely budged, even though their assets have burgeoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Micron, for one, is preparing to launch a major stock-buyback program, as its cash flows have burgeoned during the AI boom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

They acted, in effect, as lower court federal judges, until business and commerce and the law burgeoned.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

But as Jiang’s fame burgeoned, criticism and scepticism surrounding her skills also started to bubble.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

Or here was the law: as his life diminished, theirs burgeoned, requiring attention.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

"We're building Nike for the long term," Chief Executive Elliot Hill said during a conference call in which he touted the company's burgeoning relationship with women's basketball star Caitlin Clark.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

There’s a 30-year-old printing press and machines added in the last two years to serve the burgeoning trading-card games business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

But she’s just one of a burgeoning group of Christian influencers, most of them fairly young, who hold themselves out as experts on marriage.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

They wanted to save the burgeoning romance for themselves.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Spring is finally burgeoning after the longest winter, and the birches' new leaves turn their faces toward the sun's warmth.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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