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escalations

noun

plural of escalation
as in inflations

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  1. expansions
  2. increases
  3. growths
  4. creeps
  5. proliferations
Noun
  • According to McKinnon, the FAA’s willingness to approve incremental expansions on a case-by-case basis is partly about gathering the real-world data needed to eventually finalize Part 108.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The roughly 750-mile system is estimated to have a total design capacity of 7 million barrels per day, following recent expansions.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of expansions
Noun
  • Mortgage rate increases also could weaken housing demand and push prices lower.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Disease progresses, physiology deconditions, and clinical complexity increases.
    — Alexandra Kharazi, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of increases
Noun
  • Uterine fibroids are common, noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during a person’s reproductive years, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • If needed, the new growths can be thinned out to allow more room for new ones to grow.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of growths
Noun
  • Fall color creeps down Door County like mercury in a thermometer, from Washington Island in mid- to late-September to Green Bay in October.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026
  • People start feeling uncomfortable when the dew point creeps into the 60s, especially the mid- and upper-60s.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 11 Sep. 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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