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also bourgeon
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as in to increase
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean
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Recent Examples of burgeon
Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark just didn’t want to be left out of a burgeoning scrum on a Saturday night.
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Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Bodewes’ burgeoning interest in the technology behind earplugs and, eventually, the genesis of Loop.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Although only five minutes in length, The Magic Lantern gives us a momentary glimpse of the magic of cinema as a burgeoning medium and the inchoate experimentation that accompanied its first decades as a studio invention.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
His career as an actor burgeoned alongside his art career, which took off when soul, funk, and R&B group the Neville Brothers tapped him to create the cover for their 1989 Grammy-winning breakthrough album Yellow Moon.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
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Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Bodewes’ burgeoning interest in the technology behind earplugs and, eventually, the genesis of Loop.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Although only five minutes in length, The Magic Lantern gives us a momentary glimpse of the magic of cinema as a burgeoning medium and the inchoate experimentation that accompanied its first decades as a studio invention.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
His career as an actor burgeoned alongside his art career, which took off when soul, funk, and R&B group the Neville Brothers tapped him to create the cover for their 1989 Grammy-winning breakthrough album Yellow Moon.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgeon
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The cuts come after Chegg in May laid off 22% of its workforce, citing increasing adoption of AI.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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With increasing space traffic from various nations and private companies, keeping tabs on potential collisions and threats becomes crucial.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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His Lorenz Hart is a lost soul of New York, an artist who couldn’t have flourished—or fallen—anywhere else.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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What are commonly promoted as Dutch bulbs, for instance, especially those classic tulips and hyacinths, will only bloom this coming spring and then disappear forever.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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Native, night-blooming plants attract nighttime pollinators, a yummy snack for a hungry bat.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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The number of foreign residents has risen sharply in recent years, reaching a record 3 percent of the population in 2024, as Tokyo cautiously loosened visa rules for workers in key industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and caregiving.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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In that appearance, Thilly moonwalked across the floor and performed a backspin before using his allotted five minutes to complain about rising taxes, according to CBS News New York.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Today, thanks to community volunteers, the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden is a thriving sanctuary for native plants and wildlife, showcasing the region’s diverse landscapes while honoring the Indigenous people of the area.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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Native to a variety of habitats throughout the Eastern United States, little bluestem thrives in a range of planting sites, from rocky to clay soils and dry to moist conditions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Fall is a great time to plant daylilies because plants have a long time to establish roots before blooming, often resulting in improved flowering the first season.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Consider the flowering period duration when choosing a date.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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At the crux of those tensions are a gaping trade imbalance and efforts from the US to ensure its national security against an increasingly assertive China, including by expanding restrictions on China’s access to American high tech, like the advanced semiconductors needed to power AI.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Seeing as how the first tribe swap failed to shake anything up and gave us two more obvious telegraphed votes, the producers decided to blow it all up again and expand back to three tribes.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Their romance blossomed quickly.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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So, excited headlines about a blossoming romance between them certainly creates a narrative that distracts from all the negative news each has grappled with recently.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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