as in soars
to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Recent Examples of skyrockets
With Mars, your ancient ruler, also here, your magnetism skyrockets.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
Lynch maintained that Shake Shack has pricing power if inflation skyrockets.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
Lynch maintained that Shake Shack has pricing power if inflation skyrockets.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyrockets
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Production-wise, the album soars.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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The series’ original final girl protecting the last children of Elm Street is an inspired choice, but the film soars by making exceptional use of Freddy’s nightmare world.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Benefits of Heat Therapy Heat therapy increases tissue temperature and blood flow to your back, relaxing muscles and improving pain.—
RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the Universe expands, the volume increases, while the particle masses and the total number of particles remain the same.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Skyrockets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrockets. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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