crescendoed

verb

past tense of crescendo
as in peaked

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  1. peaked
  2. intensified
  3. distended
  4. inflated
  5. heightened
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  • Crowell’s version peaked in intensity at the bridge and then dropped in volume by the end; Schwarz beefed up the back end, keeping the energy at peak volume to the very finish.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Having probably peaked in late 2024, the sun is now thought to be on the wane, but as well as yet to be proven (there may be a double peak), the finest aurora displays often occur in the few years after solar maximum.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of peaked
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  • In 2025, after a joint appearance with Prince William at London’s COP30 climate summit, that concern intensified.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2026
  • As the Taliban have intensified their repression, women have found new ways to continue nonviolent resistance.
    — Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of intensified
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  • But the groaning synthesizer underneath her bashful smile tells you something is off — a crystalline tone now distended, unnerving.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Fiber slows gastric emptying, making the stomach more distended.
    — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 27 May 2026
Definition of distended
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  • One practitioner found that calculating lifetime value only from surviving traders inflated the figure by up to two times.
    — Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Social Security Administration's Quick Calculator gives estimates for three different retirement ages, in today's dollars or inflated for future dollars.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of inflated
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  • Deadly attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman heightened concerns over risks to global shipping routes and sent global oil prices higher to around $90 per barrel on Wednesday.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The risks are heightened for women of color, according to the most recent maternal mortality data from the March of Dimes and the CDC.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of heightened
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“Crescendoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendoed. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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