- present tense form of spike (3rd person singular).
spikes
Example Sentences
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UK consumers are protected from short term spikes on the wholesale gas markets by Ofgem's price cap.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Across Los Angeles County, public health officials urged beachgoers to avoid swimming in the ocean through Wednesday because of potential bacteria spikes from the rain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Experimentation belongs there, so do sudden spikes and so do the proprietary frontier models, whose owners release the weights to nobody.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
AI workloads cause massive power demand spikes during computation, and a drop off as those computation results are gathered, according to a paper from Schneider Electric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Its eggs are cement-coloured and particularly hard-shelled; the young club their way out using their tails, whose spikes are well developed at birth.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
