SHOOTING UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

shooting (up)

verb

Definition of shooting (up)

present participle of shoot (up)

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

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The Myles Garrett acquisition and a reigning MVP at quarterback have expectations soaring in La-La Land.

— Adam Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Over the next three decades, soaring demand for the fruit transformed Michoacán state into the center of global avocado production — and catapulted a generation of people like Pancho from poverty into the middle class.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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Widening gap The gap between hyperscaler CDS and bank CDS has widened to around 60 basis points from roughly 0 since October of 2025, implying that hyperscaler credit risk is increasing on its own terms, Slok's research shows.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Economic growth has also been on solid footing, though an increasing share of it has been driven by red-hot spending on AI — some of which is now being propelled by credit.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

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