Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swelling (up)
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Many are pulling six-day work weeks with mandatory overtime, and increasing numbers have begun calling out as the financial strain and exhaustion mount.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The military is striking the boats at the same time the administration is applying increasing pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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As Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting leader on Monday, rights group warned of escalating repression, with checkpoints being erected around the country, amid reports of price gouging and growing hunger.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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The season ended with the gang war in Kingstown escalating to a violent climax in the finale.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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Liquidating talent is a short-term accounting trick; augmenting talent is a long-term growth strategy.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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On his last record, Reduction of Man, Jaffe inverted his approach, triggering events for his group to respond to rather than augmenting his own playing.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
20 Dec. 2025
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The concept is expanding into practice in the state as a solution to regional food distribution challenges.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Communities across the United States are reading about — and learning from — each other’s battles against data center proposals that are fast multiplying in number and size to meet steep demand as developers branch out in search of faster connections to power sources.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
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But Mubi’s problems were only multiplying.—
Will Tavlin,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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But even those who use TA say there’s something odd about inserting English letters in a sentence of Chinese characters.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
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The Justice Department argued that the judge had overstepped his authority by inserting himself into questions of foreign policy.—
NPR Washington Desk,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
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This fiscal strain is compounding a demographic shift unique to our region.—
Dick Batchelor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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González spoke with anger at the wreckage but also at the compounding economic and political crises that Venezuela has endured for decades.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Fortune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Originally designed for far fewer travelers, the airport experiences regular congestion at immigration and security, with seasonal surges amplifying existing capacity constraints.—
Hana Al-Khodairi,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Jan. 2026
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When a rogue planet drifts in front of a star, the world's gravitational field can act like a lens, amplifying the star's apparent brightness and letting astronomers infer the rogue planet's existence.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Swelling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelling%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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