peaking

verb

present participle of peak
as in surging

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  1. increasing
  2. proliferating
  3. escalating
  4. intensifying
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  • Instead, pick three to five movements that match your fitness level and focus on performing each with good form before increasing the difficulty.
    — RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 29 July 2026
  • Across much of the world, increasing longevity combined with decades of declining birth rates is fundamentally changing the composition of the labor force.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of increasing
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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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  • Influencer marketing rates are escalating due to a negotiation ritual where brands consistently push for discounts.
    — Chris Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • These hearings, however, did not directly lead to legislative change or provide a resolution to the escalating violence.
    — Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of escalating
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  • Now, an intensifying war has again closed off significant access to Persian Gulf oil, reinjecting chaos into the market.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Johnson later identified Scholten by name in subsequent posts, intensifying the controversy.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026
Definition of intensifying
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