Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalations
Noun
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In 40 years, the number of California refineries has plunged from 40 to 14 amid closures, consolidation, and expansions of the surviving facilities.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025 -
No speculative or half-built megaprojects and planned expansions.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An end to the fighting is expected to lead to rapid increases in the supply of food and other basic needs.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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There is a bonus pool for the top performers at those events, as well as the general increases in prize money that constitute the payoff for the additional 15-plus days required to go deep at seven events that are nearly two weeks instead of one.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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May Help Prevent Kidney Stones Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) are solid growths that form from compounds in the kidneys.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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These neoplasm growths can be either benign or cancerous.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the younger generation moves out and development creeps into Nepal’s Mustang District, an old way of life is in danger of dying out.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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The atmosphere of a Gothic novel creeps over you; encroaching mist along the outcroppings.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Escalations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalations. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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