surges 1 of 2

noun

plural of surge
as in waves
a moving ridge on the surface of water a huge surge nearly capsized the boat and drenched the hapless fishermen

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verb

present tense third-person singular of surge
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as in gushes

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as in increases

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Recent Examples of surges
Noun
Joe Biden’s halt to on-shore oil drilling had zero impact on domestic oil prices, post-pandemic demand surges or global supply constraints, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 The recent surges for sellers of computer processors and memory are backed by real revenue and profits, but the exceptional growth won’t be sustainable if AI does not produce as much profit and productivity as hoped. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Experts say the broadly positive changes are exceeding expectations, improving on baseline crime rates from before 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought historic surges in violence. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 An outbreak emerges, emergency funding surges and the world's attention turns briefly toward the crisis before moving on. — Pam Lowney, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Last year, the club ripped off 10 straight games entering the break and enjoyed notable surges the prior seasons as well. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 July 2026 Lightning can follow conductive pathways, and these precautions reduce the risk of electrical surges. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 Cyclospora surges can be tricky to investigate, and food poisoning sources can be hard to establish. — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 The industry plans to spend trillions of dollars buying up and developing land for state-of-the-art infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, as the demand for AI and computing power surges. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surges
  1. waves
  2. gushes
  3. increases
  4. swells
  5. streams
  6. rises
  7. squirts
  8. jumps
Noun
  • That has left oil supplies being released in intermittent waves, rather than returning to the stable, steady flow seen in the past.
    — , CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers studied erbium tritelluride, a rare-earth material whose electrons can spontaneously organize into wave-like patterns known as charge density waves (CDWs).
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of waves
Verb
  • Meyers, an almost parodic vision of an old soul, gushes praise in unfashionably complete sentences.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Clarkson gushes while the pair — both shedding tears — embrace.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of gushes
Verb
  • Right now, the average hot day contains about 16 hot hours, but that increases to 19 hours in the medium scenario and 21 hours in the high scenario.
    — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The chance of rain increases a bit with the potential for spotty showers.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of increases
Noun
  • All bus services in the city were canceled, authorities said, while ferry services between New Zealand’s North and South islands were suspended because of strong winds and heavy swells.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Coastal areas have also seen dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks amid multiple southerly swells, most recently due to Tropical Storm Genevieve.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of swells
Verb
  • The series airs every Tuesday evening and then streams after that.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Launched by Crazy Maple Studio in 2022, ReelShort streams English-language vertical dramas designed for mobile.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of streams
Verb
  • Add room and board, and the real average cost rises to roughly $16,000 — with the average student receiving close to $10,000 in grant aid to get there.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Broad Peak, which rises 8,051 meters (26,414 feet) above sea level in the Karakoram range, is the world’s 12th-highest mountain and lies near K2, the world’s second-highest peak.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of rises
Verb
  • This matches the only other blue ring in the solar system, namely Saturn's E-ring that is produced by cryovolcanism on Saturn's moon Enceladus, which squirts geysers of water into space.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of squirts
Verb
  • Following a slew of casualties (including James Norton’s Ormund Hightower) during a massive battle between the Blacks and the Greens at Tumbleton, Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban) jumps to her death off screen in King’s Landing.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The core message is that significant revenue jumps follow shifts in belief about what's possible.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of jumps

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