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snowballing

ADJECTIVE

cumulative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aggregate increasing

WEAK

accumulative additive additory advancing amassed augmenting chain collective heaped heightening increscent intensifying magnifying multiplying summative

Antonyms

WEAK

decreasing subtracting

ADJECTIVE

increasing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developing expanding growing rising

STRONG

accumulating augmenting booming broadening enlarging flourishing maturing multiplying proliferating sprouting swelling waxing widening

WEAK

getting big piling up

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Badouard pointed to the so-called "network effect" that powered the snowballing of major platforms' user numbers as a factor now shielding them from competition.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

The snowballing retreat in software stocks that gathered up big tech, private credit, and even the corporate bond market this past week ended in a remarkable rebound, leaving investors bracing for more turbulence ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The report had the effect of snowballing losses, as the company had already disclosed problems impacting over 6,000 aircraft.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Union bosses say teachers are under unprecedented pressure, suffering from snowballing demands, ever increasing workloads and, in many cases, burnout.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Then, snowballing the rest of the clothes into one soft, conglomerate mass, she stuffed them out of sight under the bed.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

snowballing

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