skyrocketing

present participle of skyrocket

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Recent Examples of skyrocketing According to Pinterest’s 2025 Fall Trends Report, searches for preppy staples are skyrocketing as folks embrace this polished aesthetic. Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025 Few incomes kept up with the skyrocketing costs. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025 Layoffs don't appear to be skyrocketing out of control. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The Treasure Valley has been facing a housing shortage, with skyrocketing rents over the last few years and increasing homelessness. Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025 Perhaps a fine for infractions would compensate for some of the budget deficit instead of skyrocketing parking fees everywhere, especially at our beloved zoo and Balboa Park. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025 The skyrocketing demands of AI are pushing power grids, data centers and chipmakers to their limits—and the old ways of doing things simply can't hold up much longer. Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 The cloud giant forecasted skyrocketing sales to $114 billion in the company's fiscal 2029, signalling demand for artificial intelligence processing will remain high over the next few years, and will require Oracle to build out new data centers. Kif Leswing, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025 Although the United States must build new power plants, these alone cannot produce enough electricity fast enough to meet skyrocketing demand. Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyrocketing
Verb
  • What sent Oracle stock soaring another 54 percentage points was the company’s outlook for the future of its cloud infrastructure business, according to CNBC.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Despite some stragglers, the big picture is of soaring demand for AI, but even with the vast sums being invested in European data centers, supply is still struggling to keep up.
    Tasmin Lockwood, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Skyrocketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrocketing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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