How to Use exponential in a Sentence
exponential
adjective- Prices have increased at an exponential rate.
- The business has experienced several years of exponential growth.
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But there are faster forms of growth than exponential growth.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
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Yarbro was one of them, and his growth was, once again, exponential.
—Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2022
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That has led to the exponential growth of home prices nearby.
—Candace Taylor, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
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And if non-stop exponential growth is one of them, then the next step is obvious.
—Alla Adam, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
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The virus has been speeding along at an exponential speed, but so has science.
—Steven Levy, Wired, 9 July 2020
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To our tribe for expanding with grace and exponential amounts of love.
—Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 8 Oct. 2018
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The growth of the number of emails would have been exponential (in that scenario).
—Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 May 2017
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The pace of advancement is in an exponential phase right now.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 June 2023
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That’s a lot better than exponential time, which takes the form of, say, 2n.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
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The growth in crypto fraud has turned exponential in recent years.
—Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
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Its growth has been exponential and parkrun events now take place in more than 20 countries.
—Pan Pylas, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
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Maybe the exponential powers of social media could be put to good use.
—John Branch, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2021
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But that would give us marginal gains, not exponential ones.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Sacco sees this play out as leaders attempt to keep pace with exponential change.
—Ginger Gentile, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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EVs are about to ride up the S-curve into exponential growth.
—David Roberts, Vox, 26 June 2018
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The global growth of Netflix has been exponential over the last few years.
—CBS News, 6 Sep. 2020
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Cheap speech creates more bad speech which is then multiplied at an exponential scale.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
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Fuqua hopes to grow that number a bit this year, but not in the exponential terms that previous years have seen.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 1 Mar. 2017
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Houlahan said, noting the exponential growth of the city’s deficit.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2019
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And now mink on fur farms—Covid is exponential to what’s happening there.
—Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
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Numbers greater than one show a state of exponential growth while those less than one show a shrinking public health threat.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022
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But even with at least four years of exponential growth under its belt, the brand can't take its success for granted.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
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Cost savings are finite, but growth loops are exponential.
—Mohamad Ali, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
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And states like Sinaloa that have been at the epicenter of the drug trade have seen an exponential rise in killings.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
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In the first outbreak, the virus followed a pattern of exponential growth.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2020
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The confidence level of the kids was at an exponential level from that point on.
—Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2018
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The state wasn’t prepared for the exponential increase in claims, Husted said.
—cleveland, 15 Apr. 2020
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Growth in her accounts was exponential.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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