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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  • Moon’s priorities for another term included expanding students’ access to mental health services, improving teacher recruitment and retention, and increasing career technical education opportunities.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Figma is increasing its focus on cybersecurity, said Dylan Field, Figma's co-founder and CEO.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of increasing
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  • Their power persisted despite proliferating school shootings, the devastating failures of the state’s electrical grid, the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and other scandals, disasters, and tragedies.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
  • At-home spa gear will keep proliferating, and the marketing will get softer.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of proliferating
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  • As mobs storm Jewish neighborhoods and places of worship, Police Lieutenant Wilhelm Krützfeld (Owen) and his partner, Kai Lehmann (Pettyfer), investigate the murder of a Jewish doctor amid the escalating chaos.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Management's response, alongside efforts elsewhere in the industry to boost confidence, helped prevent a security breach from escalating into a broader crisis of confidence.
    — Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of escalating
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  • But after an election that saw government corruption polling as a top issue for voters, questions about who has profited from political connections are intensifying.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • These baby boomers are intensifying the need for social and healthcare services, in-demand industries that have been battling severe labor shortages across the country.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of intensifying
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