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proliferation

[pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn] / prəˌlɪf əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
increase
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Meanwhile, the much higher U.S. tariffs introduced by President Trump last year and the proliferation of new technologies such as electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles have piled on additional costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

To investigate, a team led by Dr. Tslil Braun from Arama's lab recreated the classic experiment that originally revealed compensatory proliferation.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

This is converging with concerns about youth mental health, the outsourcing of thinking to artificial intelligence, and the proliferation of social media and smartphones impacting attention spans and self-esteem.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Trading Standards has described the proliferation of shops selling illicit tobacco as an "explosion" across Scotland's high streets.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

At first Aureliano Segundo did not notice the alarming proportions of the proliferation.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Though cyanobacteria is a naturally occurring microorganism, sometimes conditions conspire to create huge proliferations called blooms that can create problems that range from obnoxious to toxic.

From Washington Times Sep. 19, 2020

Gen. Jeff Sessions to adopt website regulations, saying the absence of such regulations “only fuels the proliferations of these suits.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2018

One of the many recent proliferations of an invasive species concerns the Asian carp in the United States.

From Textbooks Sep. 6, 2018

There’s a tendency in prequels and sequels and the like to make things tidy, which Ryman’s proliferations of Dorothys and Scarecrows is not.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2014

Changes somewhat analogous to those found in the human aorta as the result of intimal proliferations, are produced in animals by the toxins of the typhoid bacillus and the Streptococcus pyogenes.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield




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