escalations

noun

plural of escalation
as in inflations

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  1. expansions
  2. increases
  3. growths
  4. creeps
  5. proliferations
Noun
  • The increase in financial services positions was fueled by corporate relocations and expansions.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • All of the potential expansions listed in ICE’s request for proposals share the same construction plan, which includes a one-story building consisting of 26 detention cells.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of expansions
Noun
  • As the county’s population increases, so will the demand for services.
    — Taylor O'Connor July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • To compare how major insurers handle rate increases after crashes, NerdWallet analyzed median national premiums for drivers with a recent at-fault accident.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of increases
Noun
  • The exact cause of burl formation is a mystery, but these growths are formed by abnormal cell proliferation by the xylem.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
  • Fungal problems are common and some produce the mushroom growths called conks along limbs.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Definition of growths
Noun
  • Work creeps in that no longer matches the role, the individual's strengths or what the organization needs most right now.
    — Karen Cochran, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The real culprit is a manipulative drug dealer (Ben Foster, who’s becoming the go-to actor to play creeps) who swoops in and steals Mike’s lady love, Sophia (Shailene Woodley).
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 July 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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