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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalations
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Corporate and commercial expansions like The Bowl at Ballantyne have further transformed the south Charlotte neighborhood.—
Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026 -
The million-dollar-plus donations by local billionaire philanthropists, who are aging and may need medical treatment themselves, are aimed at improving cancer care, funding research to prevent and treat diseases, fueling major hospital expansions, and adding specialized pediatric care.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Even with increases in public funding, the demand for affordable childcare significantly outpaces supply, especially for infants.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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While most of those states lean to the left, and Democratic legislators are far more likely to back minimum wage increases than Republicans, several staunchly conservative states similar to Oklahoma have passed higher minimum wages by ballot initiative.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Another Napa standout is Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, founded in 1970 by Warren Winiarski on the Silverado Trail; its 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon famously beat French first-growths at the blind Paris tasting in 1976, putting Napa on the world stage.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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The lake being so shallow opens it up to warming, excessive nutrients and growths of algae and other aquatic vegetation, which limits things like boating and fishing, staff said in the report.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Giving this much power to women hopefully filters out the worst, impatient creeps.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
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Succumbing to the urge to scroll Instagram the second conversation grows quiet or social awkwardness creeps in.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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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
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