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exponential

Definition for exponential

adjective as in rapid change

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This week, the stock pulled back to its 21-day exponential moving average—a metric that places emphasis on recent price changes—for the first time since moving decisively upward from $260.97 last month.

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He says the rate of growth between 12 and 18 is "exponential", so the body needs a full and nutritious diet to fuel it.

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She predicts an exponential rise in deaths "unless we start to help people get clean and sober again."

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And states like Sinaloa that have been at the epicenter of the drug trade have seen an exponential rise in killings.

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There has been an "exponential" increase in marine mammal strandings in waters around Scotland, scientists have found.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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