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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalations
Noun
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There will be maintenance, retrofits, and expansions, but not at the same scale as the initial build-outs.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Nwachuku, Terra’s CEO, hopes to raise more money to fund new hires and factory expansions beyond Nigeria.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Crude price increases are substantially reflected in pump prices in 20 days and a $10 per barrel increase typically results in around a 25-cent rise per gallon, according to 2019 research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.—
DAVID McHUGH,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Analysts with GasBuddy project gradual increases at the pump this week, anywhere from 10 to 30 cents a gallon.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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All types of roses, except climbing varieties, can be pruned to remove long canes, dead or declining portions and twiggy growths.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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Doctors opened her abdomen from her breastbone down, looking for more growths.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Before the fretting reaches a head, one of Barbieri’s backing oscillators creeps forward into a nimble major-key ostinato that sounds like it was lifted from a Lorenzo Senni daydream, transforming a slight shift in timbre and time signature into a crescendo of new hope.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth passes directly between the sun and moon, casting a gigantic shadow that creeps across the moon’s surface.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Escalations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalations. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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