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skyrocket

[skahy-rok-it] / ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt /


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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

Wiens noted US consumers also saw the cost of eggs skyrocket after a bird flu outbreak disrupted production, and argued that supply management helped shield Canadians from similar price spikes.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Brown’s move to Meta underscores the increasing demand for top executives with experience developing computing infrastructure as AI use continues to skyrocket.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

As governments and tech firms race to build data centres to train and run artificial intelligence, SK hynix -- a supplier to industry behemoth Nvidia -- has seen profits and its share price skyrocket.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 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

Directed by Jay Roach and written by Tony McNamara, Theo is an architect whose career collapses at the same time as his wife's career as an up-and-coming chef skyrockets.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

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

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

While no agency tracks these cases nationwide, three firms that help secure these kinds of residences said interest in so-called golden visas has skyrocketed in the past five years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Novo’s capital expenditures skyrocketed by 664% in three years to about $6.5 billion in 2024, regulatory filings show, not including the $11 billion acquisition of Catalent’s manufacturing facilities.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

SpaceX has delivered its first-ever quarterly business report, which showed revenue nearly doubled but its spending skyrocketed.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Audiobooks are also sharing in the boom, with Spotify reporting that searches for "The Odyssey" translations have skyrocketed by 310 percent.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

After her death in 1982, their value skyrocketed, with MoMA paying nearly two million to add one to its permanent collection.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Now, millions of Californians are losing their health coverage, and millions more are being forced to pay skyrocketing costs,” SEIU-UHW Press Secretary Renee Saldana wrote in a statement to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Consumer activity is anemic while debt defaults are skyrocketing.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Vozinha's heroics sparked a global following, with his Instagram audience skyrocketing from about 50,000 before the tournament to more than 29 million.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The artificial-intelligence boom has led to memory shortages and skyrocketing prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 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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