overgrowing

verb

present participle of overgrow
as in proliferating

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  1. proliferating
  2. flourishing
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  • Tiny new Christian schools, often operating in Sunday school spaces in churches, are proliferating.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • Such impostor scams, when a criminal pretends to be a legitimate business or even a government official, are proliferating and morphing at an accelerated rate as artificial intelligence makes impersonation easier than ever.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of proliferating
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  • Prior to the 1960s, the Brooklyn neighborhood was a flourishing Black community.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
  • Just five years prior, the village was flourishing with a robust coffee bean harvest.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 July 2026
Definition of flourishing
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“Overgrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrowing. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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