as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Recent Examples of skyrocket
Over the next year, the bankers predict their clients will push forward a 4% general decrease in headcount, while over the next three years, those headcount reductions could skyrocket to 11%.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Acquisitions of private practices by corporate entities skyrocketed 87% from 2019 to 2023 in the Midwest.
—Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Even as tech stocks have skyrocketed since 2022, the companies’ share of net profits from S&P 500 companies has hardly budged.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Auslander posited that the bags are a Veblen good, and prices are skyrocketing — particularly those of special provenance.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Acquisitions of private practices by corporate entities skyrocketed 87% from 2019 to 2023 in the Midwest.
—Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Even as tech stocks have skyrocketed since 2022, the companies’ share of net profits from S&P 500 companies has hardly budged.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Auslander posited that the bags are a Veblen good, and prices are skyrocketing — particularly those of special provenance.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
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Instead of slamming it home, Antetokounmpo soared over the defenders to make an improbable catch, landed and flicked an on-target pass to Rollins for a corner 3 before falling out of bounds to give Milwaukee a 14-point lead.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Layoffs in October soared A new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that layoffs in October were up 175% from a year prior and 183% from September.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Wild news in the Financial Times this morning, which reports that China has substantially increased energy subsidies for some of its largest data centers in a bid to bolster its position in the global AI race.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Rising prices for cars, parts and repairs needed, and medical bills have increased, driving up the price of insurance.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrocket. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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