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shooting up

ADJECTIVE

budding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burgeoning fledgling growing incipient nascent promising

STRONG

beginning blossoming germinal germinating maturing opening potential pullulating sprouting vegetating young

WEAK

bursting forth embryonic fresh pubescent

Antonyms

WEAK

dying shrinking withering

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The stock continued to rise after shooting up 13% on Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Gold and silver futures both hit intraday record highs, with the latter shooting up over 4% to top $90 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

It’s no coincidence that buyers were coping with fast-rising home prices and mortgage rates shooting up to over 7% during that period.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

The plant can grow rapidly in the denuded landscape, sometimes shooting up to its maximum height of nearly 10 feet within a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2025

Some of the men began shooting up flares.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

shooting up

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