escalations

noun

plural of escalation
as in inflations

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  1. expansions
  2. increases
  3. growths
  4. creeps
  5. proliferations
Noun
  • The most successful expansions increase customer lifetime value by helping customers achieve their goals more completely.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • But right now, state law requires Orange County to spend most of that money on things that promote more tourism, like visitor advertising and convention center expansions.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Definition of expansions
Noun
  • The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • These devices have seen quicker and larger price increases compared to flagship devices, for which memory is now more than a quarter of the cost.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of increases
Noun
  • This makes room for growths now forming new plants.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • The entire stalk, which appears to be the height of several grown men, is covered in growths that will eventually bloom, Callahan said.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 June 2026
Definition of growths
Noun
  • As Neptune goes retrograde, anxiety creeps in at the realization of your fallibility.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Water sprayed to control dust creeps into the streets, creating small pools of green liquid.
    — Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 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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