escalations

noun

plural of escalation
as in inflations

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  1. expansions
  2. increases
  3. growths
  4. creeps
  5. proliferations
Noun
  • But as the years passed and the historic farm in Gladstone underwent expansions and ownership changes, eventually landing in the hands of the city, it was transformed into a historical landmark and museum.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The expansions at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids and Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital are focused on two fast-growing regions of Michigan.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of expansions
Noun
  • Chris Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, called it unlikely that stick prices will go up 50% across the board, noting Canada's modest market share, but wonders what will happen if demand increases.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The real test will come after September 8, when political email volume increases and Gmail users start voting with the Report spam button.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of increases
Noun
  • If needed, the new growths can be thinned out to allow more room for new ones to grow.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • People with a family history of colorectal cancer or polyps, and those with inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease, IBS or ulcerative colitis, face elevated risk because chronic inflammation can promote abnormal growths.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of growths
Noun
  • People start feeling uncomfortable when the dew point creeps into the 60s, particularly the mid and upper 60s.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Also that killer choreography remains a surprisingly effective tool against creeps.
    — Lisa Whittington-Hill, Longreads, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of creeps
Noun
  • 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
Definition of proliferations
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