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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The documents show OpenAI projects that by 2028, its operating losses will balloon to roughly three-quarters of that year’s revenue, driven primarily by ballooning spending on computing costs. Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025 When ChatGPT was released in November 2022, interest in AI expanded rapidly across industry and in science alongside ballooning claims of its efficacy. Thomas H. Davenport, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025 Five companies jumped in, with Amazon, Netflix, and Paramount, the latter coming off this past weekend’s strong performance of romantic drama Regretting You, making muscular offers with ballooning prices and even ticking clocks to respond. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025 While some are calling for Americans to question the value of a college degree amid ballooning student debt and a shifting job market, college is still often worth the cost, the Brookings Institution report suggests. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 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 17 Nov. 2025.

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