burgeon
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If the 20% mandate were in place now, for example, EPSCoR’s budget would burgeon to about $1.75 billion.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 2, 2022
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
As I drained the glass now, new life seemed to burgeon within me.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Lithium ion batteries are expected to remain the dominant battery chemistry as the industry burgeons, especially in transportation.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2021
The music burgeons and recedes, with different instrumental groups sometimes at odds with each other, sometimes in sync.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2020
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
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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
As the war in Gaza nears the six-month mark, the humanitarian situation has burgeoned into a full-blown crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Research on SPMs has burgeoned in recent years, driven in part by the possibility that they could lead to drugs able to shut down damaging inflammation.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 14, 2023
Or here was the law: as his life diminished, theirs burgeoned, requiring attention.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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The Associated Press, for instance, listed “defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In the state’s Midcoast and Downeast regions, about a dozen tour operators have sprung up to serve the burgeoning puffin-cruise business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Her natural acting ability was evident, but the burgeoning childhood career came at a cost.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In era when so much about the news is just plain depressing, what stands out about the burgeoning public rebellion against Flock security cameras is just how fun it all is.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
At home, burgeoning manhood was a trigger for apprehension.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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