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growing
adjective as in increasing
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burgeoning, developing, expanding, flourishing, spreading, thriving, viable
Strong matches
amplifying, animate, augmenting, budding, crescent, dilating, enlarging, fructifying, germinating, living, maturing, mushrooming, pullulating, sprouting, stretching, swelling, waxing
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Example Sentences
“The kids are growing up. Your oldest is almost 20.”
“It is deeply troubling that the federal government is undermining a growing U.S. industry that already spans more than 40 states, supporting union jobs in shipbuilding, ports, steel, and manufacturing,” said Ganion, in Newsom’s office.
The protests came amid popular anger and growing weariness with a family-run regime that has been in power for six decades.
Overall, he adds, the rivalry “used to be a lot more obvious than it is today, and yet I think it’s maybe at a more refined level” because of Orange County’s growing sense of self.
He concluded by saying that his legacy included reducing hunger, lowering unemployment, and the incomes of the working classes growing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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