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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalations
Noun
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Although the Charlotte region is seeing an influx of job creations through corporate relocations and expansions, layoffs are still occurring.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026 -
Riyadh is assessing capacity increases and terminal expansions, effectively debottlenecking exports from the current loading capacity of about 5 million barrels a day.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Frustration over rising power bills is a common complaint in California, and the state is bracing for increases in power consumption as the use of artificial intelligence grows.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Around the world, governments have only a limited ability to support their economies with spending increases and tax cuts because their debts are already so high.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Researchers have proposed several explanations, such as the fact that Black women have higher rates of fibroids—noncancerous growths that can interfere with embryo implantation, the delicate process by which an embryo burrows into the uterine lining and stays there.—
Sarah Elizabeth Richards,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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To achieve their audacious goals, the fish use hook-like growths on the undersides of both their pectoral and pelvic fins to push themselves upward.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If the reader cannot answer those questions quickly, doubt creeps in.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Financial Times stepped inside the home of Rirkrit Tiravanija on the outskirts of Chiang Mai, where lush greenery spills through expansive windows and creeps into the interior itself.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There were proliferations of bulbs that looked like something a pathologist might worry about and striations that might have been crops seen from above.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Escalations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalations. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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