ballooning

noun

bal·​loon·​ing bə-ˈlü-niŋ How to pronounce ballooning (audio)
: the act or sport of riding in a balloon

Examples of ballooning in a Sentence

She's always wanted to go ballooning.
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Bernstein's Mark Shmulik said Alphabet's ballooning capex is a fair trade-off for its accelerating momentum. Alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025 Other Big Tech firms with ballooning valuations, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta, reported higher-than-expected revenues Wednesday. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025 Flynn cited the ballooning cost and community opposition in calling for the Wu administration to cancel the White Stadium plan. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025 But the idea of appealing to everyday runners, not just elites, was the beginning of what would become the hallmark of the major marathon circuit, ballooning in a matter of years into a phenomenon, and becoming a fundamental aspect of the growth of marathons over the next 15 years. Ben Goggin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballooning

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ballooning was in 1784

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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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