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as in loud
marked by a high volume of sound
a booming bass drum
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as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
a booming industry that grows larger every year
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as in increasing
to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number
with the strong economy, business is booming
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as in roaring
to make a long loud deep noise or cry
the cannons boomed throughout the night
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Recent Examples of booming
Jobina Fortson-Evans, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Jewish merchants and families had settled in the area — about an hour and a half northeast of Harrisburg — at the turn of the century, opening shops and businesses serving the booming coal economy.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite solid economic growth, booming stock values, cooling inflation and a stable unemployment rate, the economic gains have been uneven.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Known for his commanding capes and booming voice, Talley helped shape the modern fashion conversation, encouraging audiences to see beauty, identity and empowerment through a broader lens.
—Jobina Fortson-Evans, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Jewish merchants and families had settled in the area — about an hour and a half northeast of Harrisburg — at the turn of the century, opening shops and businesses serving the booming coal economy.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
The books prove business is booming.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite solid economic growth, booming stock values, cooling inflation and a stable unemployment rate, the economic gains have been uneven.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booming
Adjective
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While the print is a little louder than usual, the accessorizing is so minimal—literally just slingbacks and a just-right shoulder bag—that this couldn’t be anyone else.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2026
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Finally, his pair of 3-pointers against Iowa State resulted in some of the loudest cheers in the fieldhouse this season.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades.—
Nicolás Rivero,
Washington Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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His daughter Akilah Releford-Gould, who has a thriving social media presence showcasing her homemaking and winemaking adventures, has become an integral part of Bloom Ranch’s online reach.—
Martine Thompson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Throughout these years, Ma began to feel an increasing sense of remorse at his complicity in this system, which sparked deeper soul-searching around his identity as a Muslim, and what that meant within Chinese society.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Beef prices have been increasing since the beginning of the decade.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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The electronics lilt through the arrangements like a string of dim lights draped above a roaring fireplace.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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Many read a disconnect from friends and family as loneliness, but the roaring highs and lows of Nothing’s About to Happen to Me reckon with freedom from social obligations and mores.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s $75 million investment in a documentary about the first lady, Amazon heads into its quarterly earnings report next week surrounded by a deafening level of outside noise.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Young’s ending is greeted with a deafening round of applause.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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City News Bureau existed because of the vitality of a growing and prosperous Chicago.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Calm sea and prosperous voyage—a dream for Goethe and Mendelssohn, for any parent, and perhaps for all men and women—was but a hearsay.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With concerns rising about lagging childhood literacy rates across the country, Nationwide Children's Hospital has begun screening children's literacy skills starting at age 3 during pediatrician visits.—
MAKIYA SEMINERA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Videos geolocated and verified by CNN show a large fire at a residential high-rise building in Bahrain’s capital Manama on Saturday and smoke rising from the vicinity of the Crowne Plaza hotel in the city on Sunday.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Then, while there was still enough light to see them plainly, the two came stalking out of the brush, growling and muttering.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
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Customers miss the growling revving of gas vehicles with noisy internal combustion engines, the CEO noted.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Booming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booming. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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