as in soared
to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Recent Examples of skyrocketed
To make matters worse, special education and health insurance costs have skyrocketed in the last year alone.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Shares of the company skyrocketed more than 800% at one point on Wednesday after the firm detailed shocking plans to rebrand as NewBird AI and shift toward compute infrastructure.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Fertilizer has skyrocketed in price by more than 50% since late February, according to FactSet.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Allbird’s shares skyrocketed by more than 700 percent following its announcement today before stabilizing at around $17, up from less than $7 when trading began this morning.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 16 Apr. 2026
From there, her confidence has skyrocketed.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Since the decline of CD sales and the advent of music streaming, performing artists have turned to tours to earn more of their income, and ticket prices have skyrocketed.
—Leah Nylen, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
As the conflict in the Middle East veers between existential threats and a fragile ceasefire, volatility in oil and gas prices has skyrocketed.
—Ishika Mookerjee, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Blame the price of jet fuel, which has skyrocketed since the war in Iran.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Shares of the company skyrocketed more than 800% at one point on Wednesday after the firm detailed shocking plans to rebrand as NewBird AI and shift toward compute infrastructure.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Fertilizer has skyrocketed in price by more than 50% since late February, according to FactSet.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Allbird’s shares skyrocketed by more than 700 percent following its announcement today before stabilizing at around $17, up from less than $7 when trading began this morning.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 16 Apr. 2026
From there, her confidence has skyrocketed.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Since the decline of CD sales and the advent of music streaming, performing artists have turned to tours to earn more of their income, and ticket prices have skyrocketed.
—Leah Nylen, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
As the conflict in the Middle East veers between existential threats and a fragile ceasefire, volatility in oil and gas prices has skyrocketed.
—Ishika Mookerjee, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Blame the price of jet fuel, which has skyrocketed since the war in Iran.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyrocketed
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Shares of Allbirds soared more than 600% on Wednesday’s news and were hovering nearly $18 in late afternoon trading.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Gasoline prices have soared as Iran’s regime seeks to survive by creating economic pain in the United States and the West.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The stopout population keeps growing overall, even as annual stopouts have declined and reenrollment has increased, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Overtime increased by 65% between 2019 and 2024 alone, the study said.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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