as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet
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Recent Examples of proliferated
Tributes also proliferated online.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Other area stores followed and union organizing drives proliferated across the United States to include more than 150 stores by March of 2022.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
As a result, indoor entertainment has proliferated and theaters in the region are usually in a prime position.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Without that context, negative reactions to this process proliferated earlier this fall on social media, which were then repeated prominently in other public forums and elsewhere.
—Anne D’alleva, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
But by the 1970s, creative uses of limited partnerships proliferated.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
No sooner had authorities swooped in to pick up 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on Monday — after the employee called police upon recognizing him from photos released by the NYPD — than reviews referencing rodents and snitches proliferated online.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Where once oppression grew and proliferated under the horrors and injustices of slavery, where once the state of North Carolina literally dumped poison on the land, today Oakley Grove plantation is fertile with a new sustainable crop—hope.
—Longreads, 6 Dec. 2024
With the rise of embodied intelligence, humanoid robot companies have proliferated in China.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Other area stores followed and union organizing drives proliferated across the United States to include more than 150 stores by March of 2022.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
As a result, indoor entertainment has proliferated and theaters in the region are usually in a prime position.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Without that context, negative reactions to this process proliferated earlier this fall on social media, which were then repeated prominently in other public forums and elsewhere.
—Anne D’alleva, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
But by the 1970s, creative uses of limited partnerships proliferated.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
No sooner had authorities swooped in to pick up 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on Monday — after the employee called police upon recognizing him from photos released by the NYPD — than reviews referencing rodents and snitches proliferated online.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Where once oppression grew and proliferated under the horrors and injustices of slavery, where once the state of North Carolina literally dumped poison on the land, today Oakley Grove plantation is fertile with a new sustainable crop—hope.
—Longreads, 6 Dec. 2024
With the rise of embodied intelligence, humanoid robot companies have proliferated in China.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proliferated
Verb
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Instead of service being needed every 3,000 miles, it is expected to be increased to a range of 15,000 to 20,000 miles.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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The case occurred in a trial that quickly increased the dose of the pill over a short period of time, the spokesperson said.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The rebuild accelerated after Indiana traded then-two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, along with Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson at the 2022 trade deadline.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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But a rebuild can be accelerated a lot with a special player like Haliburton.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The White House did note that the tariffs can be expanded.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Listed in Hong Kong, Prada has expanded rapidly under Miuccia and Bertelli, owning other brands including the fast-growing Miu Miu and Church’s shoes.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Novo Nordisk’s Fundamentals Over Recent Years Novo Nordisk’s revenue rose over 2x from 127 billion DKK in 2020 to 271 billion DKK for the last twelve-month period.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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In terms of the design, the mix of rose gold and rhodium plating on the dial brings an industrial feel to the timepieces.—
Sophie Furley,
Robb Report,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Proliferated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proliferated. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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