as in to increase
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet
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Recent Examples of proliferate
Lies proliferate like pirates on seas with no navies to intervene.
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Mary Dagold, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
Confounding elements proliferate the picture, mostly dealing with character behaviors and situations that either strain credulity (like the Santa photo-op still running past the bar’s closing time) or lead to more questions than answers.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Aside from proliferating grants and programs targeting subgroups, the budget request included $3.5 billion to support departmental management and $4.5 billion to pay 4,453 full-time employees!
—Wenyuan Wu, Orange County Register, 18 Nov. 2024
The already substantial power demands in hosting large-scale data servers have soared to unprecedented levels due to AI coming onto the scene and rapidly proliferating across industries.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Mary Dagold, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
Confounding elements proliferate the picture, mostly dealing with character behaviors and situations that either strain credulity (like the Santa photo-op still running past the bar’s closing time) or lead to more questions than answers.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Aside from proliferating grants and programs targeting subgroups, the budget request included $3.5 billion to support departmental management and $4.5 billion to pay 4,453 full-time employees!
—Wenyuan Wu, Orange County Register, 18 Nov. 2024
The already substantial power demands in hosting large-scale data servers have soared to unprecedented levels due to AI coming onto the scene and rapidly proliferating across industries.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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By all measures, the company exceeded all expectations thanks to customer participation and decided to significantly increase the initial pledge to $11 million.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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This agreement is taking placing just as Anaheim is set to increase minimum wages to nearly $20.50 an hour in the new year.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Studies reveal that in recent years, burnout among women has risen from 38% to 42% - a concern that is both pertinent and widespread.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The waves also begin when the electrical voltage in many neurons rises and falls simultaneously once per second.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2021, to fuel its growth and success, the founders bestowed the honor of accelerating the company to Rich Berry, a business school graduate with extensive experience in brand management specializing in the frozen foods industry.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The growth of near-shoring, which accelerated under the Biden administration, could also boost the economies of the region—and, over time, give potential migrants a reason to stay home.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Plans are underway to expand the facility in Cancún and build partnerships with hospitals and research institutions across the globe.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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While these young men shifted away from Harris in unanticipated margins, Hogg says Democrats' losses this election are bigger than just one voting bloc -- and hopes that extreme candor and commitments to those groups will not only rebuild but expand the party.Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Common symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, trouble breathing when lying down, and swelling of the extremities and stomach.7 Muscle cramping is another symptom—specifically leg cramps that come on at night, known as nocturnal leg cramps.Laura Schober, Health, 8 Dec. 2024
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Serious health complications are possible, especially in children younger than 5, such as pneumonia — the most common cause of death from measles in young children — and swelling of the brain, which can trigger convulsions and lead to deafness or intellectual disability.Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2024
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For any properties with more than that, the amount of impervious surface area would be divided by 1,000 and multiplied by $1.35 to calculate the monthly rate.NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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On average, playoff teams accumulated just 52.47 penalty yards per game.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The fund had accumulated around $54,828 by December 12 at around 4 p.m. ET.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The rhetoric coming from the White House was less hostile, but getting tough on China had become a political necessity for whoever was president, and the trade war only intensified.Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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This fall, messages voicing support for Hamas have intensified on some campuses.DAN ROSENZWEIG-ZIFF THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Proliferate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proliferate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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