meteoric

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Recent Examples of meteoric The show’s meteoric rise last season is likely due to a few factors. Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 June 2025 Such milestones demonstrate the genre’s meteoric rise, shining a spotlight on Mexican music and positioning it as a cultural and commercial powerhouse within the U.S. music industry. Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 20 June 2025 The high point of his meteoric rise came with his goal in Spain’s 2-1 win over England in last year’s European Championship final. Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 June 2025 The movie charts the influential British rock group's origin story in the late 1960s, from their earliest days – and how everybody wasn't all about that now-iconic name – to their meteoric rise as one of the world's biggest bands. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for meteoric
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meteoric
Adjective
  • But without affordable renewables (or rapid breakthroughs in nuclear fusion) the electricity to feed all those AI data centers may not arrive in time.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Stay open to rapid communication, travel opportunities, or passionate connections.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Budget Pressure Is Driving Clarity The reflex in volatile markets is often to scale up teams or stack more tools.
    Jeremy Barnett, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • While the character brandishes a firearm and things eventually come to blows in physical tussles over the course of the volatile evening, Gallo's script never loses grip on the tender undercurrent of intimacy established back in Ponyboi's shower.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • More than a global trade show, JCK is also a dynamic seminar site programmed with JCK Talks educational panel discussions and presentations delivered by experts from various jewelry industry realms-- and countries.
    Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Our goal is to provide this safe, dynamic space for after-school socialization and group hangouts.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, Ben & Jerry’s politics have been a headache for its parent, and the tensions between the two have grown more acute as the business community got swept into the culture wars — first pulled to the left in the mid-2010s, then retreating rightward under the second Trump administration.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
  • Decades later, that feeling is more acute: the gay beach in Chicago where it was taken no longer exists, memorialized today by a 2.5-acre garden in memory of those who lost their lives to AIDS.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Smith’s swift ascent has exceeded the already enormous expectations Houston had for him.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The Nets’ final move of the 2025 NBA Draft was a swift Day 2 trade.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Their whirlwind political alliance, however, quickly frayed and deteriorated into a bitter feud in an Asian democracy that has long been hamstrung by clashing political clans.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The new pictures come after Brittany and Patrick returned back home to the U.S. from their whirlwind European trip to several countries including Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
Adjective
  • This could be helpful for homes with kids with varied interests or in my home, where a speedy, 55-inch TV in the living room is the best screen available by far.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2025
  • Most travelers hope for speedy security lines and simple layouts at airport — but some of America's travel hubs apparently soar above the rest.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Such shifts would allow Washington to update its global force posture without hasty changes that surprise allies and create security gaps leading to deterrence failures.
    REBECCA LISSNER, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Analysts and investors say that may have been a little hasty.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 16 June 2025

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“Meteoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meteoric. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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