inflate
Example Sentences
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Charities are urging people not to turn their heating off as the war in Iran continues to inflate energy prices.
From BBC
That resulted a small denominator within the P/E ratio that artificially inflated the profitability metric.
From MarketWatch
Users urge each other to "moderate expectations", warning that packed theatres and viral buzz may be inflating the experience.
From BBC
That trough can be a brutal journey from the highs of inflated expectations where money and excitement are flowing into what might be possible.
Germany said it would ban gas stations from raising prices more than once a day—they can still lower them as often as they want—and France threatened to fine those found inflating prices.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
