growth spurt

noun

: an occurrence of growing quickly and suddenly in a short period of time
When he was 11 he had a growth spurt.

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Astronomers have observed a planet that in some ways behaves more like a star — including a massive growth spurt unlike anything witnessed before in a free-floating planet. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 To even get to this point required a complex physical training program that took off with his major growth spurt. Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 For decades, the American Dream of Indian techies fueled not just Silicon Valley's rise but also a parallel growth spurt in India, as third-party IT service firms scaled up and Indian tech talent migrated overseas. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 But then Lululemon hit a profitable, double-digit growth spurt under chief executive officer Calvin McDonald, pushing the company’s market cap up over $64 billion in late 2023. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for growth spurt

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“Growth spurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growth%20spurt. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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