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as in increasing
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
as the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict
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as in accelerating
to make greater in size, amount, or number
the president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease
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Recent Examples of escalating
After a fight with their dragons, Lucerys was killed by Aemond and his dragon Vhagar, which serves as a key moment in escalating the Dance of the Dragons Targaryen civil war.
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
An audio recording reviewed by Fox News Digital captured the pilot alerting air traffic control about the escalating situation involving the unruly passenger.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
The tensions around the negotiations The negotiations proceeded under a cloud of escalating tensions.
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
Ultimately, though, the decision to close Alligator Alcatraz was due primarily to the escalating cost of operating the facility.
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Jim Defede,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
For example, researchers said, a 2024 assessment by the accounting giant Deloitte singled out the county’s escalating spending on efforts to prevent homelessness.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2026
Talks were meant to start Friday, but the Iranians initially canceled their plans to attend because of escalating fighting in Lebanon.
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Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
The supernatural energy keeps escalating with each subsequent episode, eventually delving into the island’s early history and the town’s founding by one Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater).
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
Officers who are trained to recognize escalating risk patterns file more orders, not because the law changed, but because their capacity to apply it did.
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Christopher Carita,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
An audio recording reviewed by Fox News Digital captured the pilot alerting air traffic control about the escalating situation involving the unruly passenger.
—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
The tensions around the negotiations The negotiations proceeded under a cloud of escalating tensions.
—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
Ultimately, though, the decision to close Alligator Alcatraz was due primarily to the escalating cost of operating the facility.
—
Jim Defede,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
For example, researchers said, a 2024 assessment by the accounting giant Deloitte singled out the county’s escalating spending on efforts to prevent homelessness.
—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2026
Talks were meant to start Friday, but the Iranians initially canceled their plans to attend because of escalating fighting in Lebanon.
—
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
The supernatural energy keeps escalating with each subsequent episode, eventually delving into the island’s early history and the town’s founding by one Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater).
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
Officers who are trained to recognize escalating risk patterns file more orders, not because the law changed, but because their capacity to apply it did.
—
Christopher Carita,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalating
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But the increasing tanker traffic is an encouraging step toward normalization of global oil flows.
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Hulls said the fund allows property owners to support local businesses without dramatically increasing rents as market conditions change.
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Starting in the late 1950s and accelerating in the 1970s, several states enacted laws that required a date label on certain foods.
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The right question to ask early on is whether the rate of experimentation and the surfacing of new use cases are accelerating month over month.
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Not surprisingly, the number keeps rising.
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Enter Maddie’s Secret, Early’s directorial debut, which follows a chef at GourMaybe Test Kitchen whose rising place in the food-influencer world clashes with her lifelong struggle with bulimia.
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From Sunday school to public school In recent years, Texas leaders have broadly eliminated studies of racial and cultural diversity while expanding the schools’ abilities to introduce Christianity to students.
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The company is also expanding its Customer Acceleration Program, which allows enterprises to evaluate humanoid robots and prepare for large-scale deployment.
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Rough weather rolled over the Colorado community of Evergreen on Wednesday night, swelling Bear Creek and tributaries and tossing debris and mud into homes and downtown.
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Symptoms can be mild to severe and range from nausea, itching, abdominal pain, swelling of the lips to life-threatening symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.
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Created by the makers of Korea’s buzzy Rejuran in-office skin boosters, the Turnover Ampoule offers a needle-free way to tap into the ingredient’s glow-boosting benefits at home.
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Taiwan’s ongoing military drills are aimed at boosting the island’s combat readiness in case of a Chinese military attack.
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The technology is designed to act as a co-pilot, augmenting rather than replacing the training, professionalism and instinct of experienced emergency personnel.
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With Ethan Hawke's newbie simmering against the go-for-broke finesse of Denzel Washington's very bad, no-good officer, Training Day revels in tension, with washes of blue and green augmenting scenes where Hawke is bullied into getting high.
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“Escalating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalating. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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