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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

So much seems to be promised by the recent achievements of Science, whose advance is in geometrical progression, each discovery giving birth to several more.

From Modern Substitutes for Christianity by Muir, Pearson McAdam