crescendoed

past tense of crescendo

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendoed
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The debate in Cincinnati intensified when City Manager Sheryl Long placed Police Chief Teresa Theetge on leave in October and hired a law firm to investigate her job performance.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Twenty other areas in Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting has intensified in recent months, are also at risk of famine, according to the IPC.
    NPR, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Their belly will appear distended during the last 20 days of pregnancy, and their breast tissue will also be noticeably swollen.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The lobes of the Red Spider Nebula are three light-years long each, inflated by gas from the central star shooting outward for thousands of years.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This has inflated the cost of projects and reduced the supply of housing.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every element of this show is equally heightened and untethered from anything resembling reality, and the only actor who rises to meet that moment is Paulson.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Council members call for more transparency Concerns among the community about the bayou deaths heightened when McKissic and others were unexplainably found dead within weeks of each other.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Crescendoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendoed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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