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as in increasing
to make greater in size, amount, or number
Check that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure. Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent.
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as in accelerating
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
Airbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact.
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Recent Examples of inflating
The measure also takes aim at what medical expenses can be included in lawsuits over car accidents, in an effort, according to the company’s spokespeople, to prevent healthcare providers from inflating bills or prescribing unnecessary procedures.
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Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
The team suspected that something else about Neanderthal’s diet was inflating Neanderthal’s nitrogen-15 values.
—Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
On Thursday, the 34 year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison, after being charged with misleading investors and inflating the value of his company’s cryptocurrencies known as Terra and Luna.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
Therm-a-Rest Basecamp Self–inflating Sleeping Pad This self-inflating pad is thick, warm, and built for campers who want mattress-level comfort in the wild.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2025
Assured has not been accused by the CCC of inflating THC levels.
—Louisa Moller, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
What was once meant to be a narrow exception for genuine crises has become a routine pretext for government overreach — a means of inflating executive power and corroding the nation’s fiscal credibility.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
The lawsuit alleges Spotify failed to prevent bots fraudulently inflating streams for Drake, whose legal name is Aubrey Drake Graham.
—Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
These Standard Model interactions would have heated the inflating universe, sidestepping the complication of needing a subsequent reheating phase.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
The team suspected that something else about Neanderthal’s diet was inflating Neanderthal’s nitrogen-15 values.
—Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
On Thursday, the 34 year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison, after being charged with misleading investors and inflating the value of his company’s cryptocurrencies known as Terra and Luna.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
Therm-a-Rest Basecamp Self–inflating Sleeping Pad This self-inflating pad is thick, warm, and built for campers who want mattress-level comfort in the wild.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2025
Assured has not been accused by the CCC of inflating THC levels.
—Louisa Moller, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
What was once meant to be a narrow exception for genuine crises has become a routine pretext for government overreach — a means of inflating executive power and corroding the nation’s fiscal credibility.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
The lawsuit alleges Spotify failed to prevent bots fraudulently inflating streams for Drake, whose legal name is Aubrey Drake Graham.
—Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
These Standard Model interactions would have heated the inflating universe, sidestepping the complication of needing a subsequent reheating phase.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflating
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Many are pulling six-day work weeks with mandatory overtime, and increasing numbers have begun calling out as the financial strain and exhaustion mount.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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The military is striking the boats at the same time the administration is applying increasing pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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The suspect was accelerating and weaving to try to shake the officer off.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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It is measured in the millions of students striving for opportunity—most of them raising children, working jobs, serving in uniform, or making rent and mortgage payments with other bills competing for their attention.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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One person might earn more while the other contributes in different but equally meaningful ways, like managing the home, raising kids and planning for the future.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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The concept is expanding into practice in the state as a solution to regional food distribution challenges.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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His ability to handle all this now, the rising fame and the expectation to be the best, is because his dad taught him how to always find his center.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Even in states like Texas, which opted not to expand its Medicaid program and continued to rely on counties to care for many of its uninsured, rising health care costs are straining local budgets.—
KFF Health News,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
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Per BrightOcular, potential complications include infections, high pressure in the eye, glaucoma, inflammation of the iris, swelling in the cornea, loss of cells around the cornea, deterioration of the iris and more.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Arthritis refers to swelling in the joints.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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As more retail investors participate in capital markets, the opportunities for asset managers to handle those funds are ballooning.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2025
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Oracle has been a darling of the artificial intelligence boom, ballooning Larry Ellison's fortune to more than $230 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
18 Dec. 2025
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The enduring moment of the game is probably the deep touchdown pass between Shough and Chris Olave — the one that saw Olave shrugging off cornerback Jaycee Horn and then scampering into the end zone, then jumping into a Panthers field-side fan section.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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In one impressive video, the teenager could be seen jumping over a large hill on her bike before zooming around a corner.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Inflating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflating. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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