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skyrocket

[skahy-rok-it] / ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt /


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It started on a platform called Popshoplive to sell Hello Kitty and other items, but sales didn’t skyrocket until it switched to TikTok Shop in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Singapore’s rapid development following its separation from Malaysia in 1965 saw car ownership skyrocket.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Wall Street expectations for an interest-rate hike at the Fed’s next big meeting in mid-September would skyrocket.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

It wants to rival South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, and US giant Micron, companies that have also seen profits and share prices skyrocket in recent months.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

“I didn’t expect fundamental deterioration in the underlying mortgage pools to hit critical levels for a couple years,” he said—when the teaser rates would vanish and monthly payments would skyrocket.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Already big companies have begun rationing AI as employee usage of the “tokens” that measure chatbot and agent use skyrockets, without necessarily helping productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Samsung, which makes memory chips essential for AI data centres, has also seen its value and profits soar as global demand skyrockets.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

As demand for artificial intelligence skyrockets, AI companies have been grasping for solutions to flatten the steep cost curve of compute.

From MarketWatch Apr. 18, 2026

Swinney accused UK ministers of "twiddling their thumbs" while the cost of living for rural households skyrockets.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2026

The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

At the start of 2026, the average domestic airfare was $290, according to Kayak’s airfare tracker; by Sept. 7, the average fare had skyrocketed to $397.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Its shares skyrocketed initially before coming back down to earth, and now sit at about their $135 offering price.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

In Horry County, of which Myrtle Beach is the largest city, the population has skyrocketed in recent decades.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

The amount the city pays each year in settlements and jury verdicts has skyrocketed, from $64 million about a decade ago to $289 million last year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

On the other hand, vaccination rates for other diseases had skyrocketed, so it wasn't all bad news.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

For Mancuso, her already-high anxiety about her son's well-being is skyrocketing.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

But the unyielding free market advocate likely became just as well known for his opposition to Proposition 103, the landmark 1988 insurance initiative that regulated the industry following a period of skyrocketing auto premiums.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

This book is widely credited with the skyrocketing sales of vitamin C at the time, a trend that continues today.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

“And both closed models and open models are skyrocketing in use.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

An effective test-prep class—one that drills students repeatedly on the kinds of questions they will encounter on a specific test—can, in a given year, send test scores skyrocketing.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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