Definition of burgeoning
: growing, expanding, or developing rapidly
a burgeoning market/industry a burgeoning city Colorado's burgeoning marijuana industry had struggled under its own astonishing success since legal recreational sales began Jan. 1.— David Migoya
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The first known use of burgeoning was in 1869
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