escalations

Definition of escalationsnext
plural of escalation

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Doctors opened her abdomen from her breastbone down, looking for more growths.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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