escalations

plural of escalation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalations
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • These neoplasm growths can be either benign or cancerous.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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