as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Sankai/Getty Images Gold has rarely been out of the financial news headlines recently, thanks to an impressive price performance that skyrocketed it past $5,500 per ounce in late January.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
With the strait virtually impassable, European benchmark natural gas futures have also skyrocketed and could more than double from levels seen before the war if shipments through the strait are halted for longer than two months, according to Goldman Sachs.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Valuations have been skyrocketing in the AI sector, not only at the top end with jumbo startups like OpenAI and Anthropic, but also in the entertainment realm.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
But in the Reconstruction era Black church going skyrocketed.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
With the strait virtually impassable, European benchmark natural gas futures have also skyrocketed and could more than double from levels seen before the war if shipments through the strait are halted for longer than two months, according to Goldman Sachs.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Valuations have been skyrocketing in the AI sector, not only at the top end with jumbo startups like OpenAI and Anthropic, but also in the entertainment realm.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
But in the Reconstruction era Black church going skyrocketed.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyrocket
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Looking ahead, highs are set to soar to the 70s on both Friday and Saturday.—
Ron Smiley,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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If prices soar, the regime’s export income will follow.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s increasing willingness to use overwhelming military force to pursue American interests abroad throws that calculus into question.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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City records from November show police planned to install six more cameras and increase lighting.—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrocket. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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