spurt

Example Sentences

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While there are the usual array of snack food and soft drink companies that will appearin the commercial breaks, viewers will also see a spurt in pharmaceutical ads.

From Los Angeles Times

“They grow fast, in sudden spurts. He’s six months old now—he’ll be bigger than me when he’s an adult.”

From Literature

In these environments, black holes experienced brief but intense growth spurts through a process known as 'super Eddington accretion'.

From Science Daily

Big picture: The U.S. economy showed a big spurt of growth in the spring and summer despite higher U.S. tariffs and stubborn inflation.

From MarketWatch

Big picture: The U.S. economy showed a big spurt of growth in the spring and summer despite higher U.S. tariffs and stubborn inflation.

From MarketWatch