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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendoing
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The New Terms As the physical retail landscape transforms, the battle for the Kingdom’s digital consumer is intensifying too.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026 -
The White House has flexed its muscles across the Caribbean in recent months, capturing the president of Venezuela, intensifying an embargo on Cuba, and striking alleged drug-trafficking vessels.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Tariffs not only lead to additional import taxes, but by inflating the cost of the products, result in the need for importers to increase the value of customs bonds the government requires them to hold.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Releasing skis is potentially more dangerous than inflating an air bag.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Here’s what the last flight was like American Airlines had struggled to recover, drawing harsh criticism from flight crews, some of whom were stranded and had to sleep at airports, heightening tension between frontline employees and the company’s CEO, Robert Isom.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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Federal regulators said manufacturing defects in certain models of these cars could cause the engine to lose power while in use, heightening risks of a crash.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Crescendoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendoing. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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