burgeoned

variants also bourgeoned
past tense of burgeon

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Recent Examples of burgeoned Industries sprouted and bloomed, inventions burgeoned, standards of living for masses always hit new heights. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgeoned
Verb
  • Reportedly, the use of the RT-70 radio antenna increased the accuracy of GLONASS by around 30%.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The trade and investment element of state visits has increased in recent times.
    Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Renowned for honesty, expertise, and quality products, the business flourished.
    Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As our employees have flourished, the work and results have followed.
    Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Industries sprouted and bloomed, inventions burgeoned, standards of living for masses always hit new heights.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • After mature plants have bloomed, use clean, sharp pruners to cut the plant down by one-third, cutting into green growth only and not into the woody stems, which won’t regenerate new growth.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to a recent report by the Census Bureau, the country added more than 22 million homes between 2005 and 2024, but the effective number of vacant homes during this same time frame rose by only about 570,000.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Inflation in India rose in August.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its first aircraft carrier is designed to carry drones, an industry where domestic Turkish defense companies have already thrived.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For decades, the industry has thrived—sometimes barely survived—in a paradoxical environment where state-level legality danced uneasily with federal prohibition.
    Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • How has that crop flowered, developed, and matured?
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By 2019, Kirk expanded into electoral politics with Turning Point Action, a 501(c)(4) that allowed his network to directly campaign for Republicans.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vega said the Paititi concept blossomed soon after, with plans for a different restaurant in Folsom also in the works.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Now safe, sleek and healthy, Toothless has blossomed into a happy, outgoing boy with soft fur and sweet meows.
    Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Burgeoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgeoned. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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