- present participle of proliferate.
proliferating
Example Sentences
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An out-of-work copywriter on the job hunt himself, he now hunts down the proliferating scams targeting job seekers everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
HOAs are proliferating because of the need for an entity to manage common spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Stocks and ETFs promising monthly or even weekly income are proliferating, but frequent payouts can obscure volatility and weak total returns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Cook also addressed Apple's impending public relaunch of Siri, an AI assistant that the company has seemingly struggled to make competitive in an era of proliferating AI chatbots from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Chagrin reproducing and proliferating, as if they would ever run short.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
