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mushrooms

verb

present tense third-person singular of mushroom
as in increases
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade

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Recent Examples of mushrooms Sauté morel mushrooms about five minutes or until golden brown and crispy. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026 The investigation mushrooms Bock, the Feeding Our Future founder whom prosecutors called the mastermind of the fraud, was found guilty in March 2025. — David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026 When one scam center is taken down, another quickly mushrooms up elsewhere. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mushrooms
  1. increases
  2. rises
  3. swells
  4. waxes
  5. accelerates
  6. expands
  7. climbs
Verb
  • This lowers the cost of the trade and increases the position's theoretical probability of profit to ~56%.
    — Julia Spina, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That means people who get vaccinated in September or October should generally have protection in place as flu activity increases later in the fall and winter.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of increases
Verb
  • Smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery as seen from Dzerzhinsky in the Moscow region on September 20, 2026.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The upper floor has roughly 11-foot ceilings, while the main level rises to about 14 feet, according to the listing information.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of rises
Verb
  • On Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was forecasting elevated surf and strong rip currents at beaches this weekend and into next week as a result of multiple southerly swells.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The space suddenly swells with agents, assistants, clients and others shuffling through for lunch.
    — Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of swells
Verb
  • Haidt, who is the same age as the writer Bret Easton Ellis, waxes nostalgic for many of the freedoms enjoyed in Ellis’s 2023 novel, The Shards.
    — Rob Haskell, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The account, SamServed, has posts that date back to November of last year, in which Smith waxes poetic about a Copenhagen restaurant called Kebabistan.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of waxes
Verb
  • That's changed as the company accelerates development of its Vectis CCA by adding four more prototypes to the fleet.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Store sourdough in a cool, dry place (60–70°F) and avoid refrigeration, which accelerates staling.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of accelerates
Verb
  • The Debrecen plant adds another major manufacturing location as CATL expands its production footprint closer to European vehicle manufacturers.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Whether Wild’s Target shelf presence expands beyond its initial nationwide rollout into additional SKUs or premium placement.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of expands
Verb
  • From the city of Houghton, the road heads north through the lakeside communities of Eagle River and Eagle Harbor before reaching Brockway Mountain Drive, which climbs above Lake Superior near the tiny town of Copper Harbor.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Volume climbs, the invoice becomes material and the architecture is already difficult to change.
    — Giles Whiting, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of climbs

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“Mushrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mushrooms. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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