1
as in rising
to move or extend upward
the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris
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2
as in flying
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
bats soaring and swooping through the night air
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3
as in increasing
to rise abruptly and rapidly
gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage
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as in ascendant
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as in gliding
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Recent Examples of soaring
Christina Pérez, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
This shift has reshaped investor sentiment and sent its valuation soaring.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The stock market clearly has been soaring to new heights, giving wealthier households more room to keep spending.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
In the Great Room, locally sourced granite and wood accent soaring, 38-foot windows overlooking the lake, while each of the 154 guest rooms features a fireplace and private balcony with lake or mountain views.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
This shift has reshaped investor sentiment and sent its valuation soaring.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
Bridge Day, held annually on the third Saturday in October since 1980, transforms the soaring New River Gorge Bridge into the stage for one of the largest extreme sport gatherings anywhere—and one of the world’s few legal opportunities for BASE jumping.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The stock market clearly has been soaring to new heights, giving wealthier households more room to keep spending.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soaring
Verb
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Fatal dog attacks, though rare in the United States, have been sharply rising in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Joel Quenneville taking over a rising team loaded with exciting young players and leading them to the playoffs?—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In offseason videos, though, he’s been flying through the air and flushing down ferocious dunks, so the athleticism looks to be back.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In one common attack, known as GPS spoofing, hackers transmit false location data that tricks a drone into flying off course.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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The government can raise revenues by increasing the payroll tax that funds Social Security or the income threshold to continue paying the tax or raise the full retirement age.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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People would be wise to consider the ever-increasing cost of homes in the area before selling their property due to immigration enforcement fears, Gonzalez said.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Some 44 new hotels — or 6,000 new rooms — are in the pipeline across this seven-island Spanish archipelago of the western coast of Africa, all scheduled to pop by 2028, so there’s clear reason to believe the trendline is ascendant.—
Nikki Ekstein,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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This isn’t a sign of ascendant fascism so much as the nadir of late-stage capitalism, which depends on forever wars to juice corporate profits at a time of falling rates of return on investment.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The team showed that this gliding persists down to –15 degree Celsius, setting a new benchmark for cellular motility in complex, nucleus-bearing organisms.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Five-foot-10 and 170 pounds in his prime, Rondell was known for his daring diving, gymnastic and hang-gliding skills.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The latest reading reveals that inflation has caught up with many items with the overall index climbing nearly 11% over the past two and a half years.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Simple tasks like sitting on the couch, climbing into a car seat or getting down on the floor became difficult.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Crude is down 11% this year, with some analysts expecting prices, currently hovering above $60 a barrel, to dip into the low $50s as oversupply builds.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Safe havens surge While stocks are hovering near record highs, a surge in gold and silver prices is signaling lingering concern about political and economic uncertainty.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Day-zero droughts arise from the confluence of various factors, including a prolonged dearth of rain, low river levels and shrunken reservoirs, as well as rocketing water demand to supply people, farms and industries.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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And there has to be housing in general—Helsinki has built enough housing in the past 10 years to keep rental prices from rocketing like in many European capitals.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Soaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soaring. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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