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[bur-juhn] / ˈbɜr dʒən /


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Even beyond the pandemic, he feels optimistic that the business will continue to burgeon — especially in the toilet-paper-loving U.S., where he sees a broad horizon for growth, especially among environmentally conscious consumers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

But theorists have had a hard time modeling how the smoldering fusion flares would burgeon into an all-consuming detonation.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2020

As a result, the second joey, after it is born and has grown in the pouch, will be exiting the pouch around the time that spring grasses burgeon, when there is plenty to eat.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2020

The season’s traditions burgeon with messages of brotherhood and good will.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2019

In Mercury, who is touching the trees with his caduceus and bidding them burgeon, some see Giuliano de' Medici, who was not yet betrothed.

From A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

As anti-royalist sentiment burgeons, Bologne stages a benefit concert for the insurrection and faces a personal crisis.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023

And yet forced together for a few sticky Midwestern months by their young daughters, a relationship burgeons over kiddie pools and popsicles.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Lithium ion batteries are expected to remain the dominant battery chemistry as the industry burgeons, especially in transportation.

From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2021

Its emphasis falls on the folly of killing the thing that you wish would endure; terror burgeons in the gap between what was desired and what was achieved.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 21, 2019

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Meanwhile, state-supported pre-K and child-care programs have burgeoned, completely disconnected from Head Start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

They acted, in effect, as lower court federal judges, until business and commerce and the law burgeoned.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

But as Jiang’s fame burgeoned, criticism and scepticism surrounding her skills also started to bubble.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

These days, however, the notion of engaging children has burgeoned like never before, with programs that are increasingly innovative, engaging and fresh, experts in the field say.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

The hedges burgeoned, and the fields were heavy with bounty.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

But she’s just one of a burgeoning group of Christian influencers, most of them fairly young, who hold themselves out as experts on marriage.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Ortega began acting as a child, and her burgeoning career eventually required her to spend significant amounts of time in Los Angeles.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

They wanted to save the burgeoning romance for themselves.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Morgan sees 48% with business momentum continuing for the burgeoning neocloud company.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

The spirits were still all around them, glaring toward Wick and his burgeoning army.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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