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burgeon

[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

Guo thinks rice yield might also burgeon if it could be modified with its own chloroplast gene rather than one from mustard—further heating up these already hot results.

From Science Magazine Apr. 21, 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

A cold wind stirs the blackthorn To burgeon and to blow, Besprinkling half-green hedges With flakes and sprays of snow.

From Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration by Margaret Bird Steinmetz

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

From Reuters Aug. 6, 2021

The music burgeons and recedes, with different instrumental groups sometimes at odds with each other, sometimes in sync.

From New York Times Nov. 26, 2020

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

His childlike curiosity burgeons into an adolescent’s need for experimentation and, finally, independence.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2017

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

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

Research on SPMs has burgeoned in recent years, driven in part by the possibility that they could lead to drugs able to shut down damaging inflammation.

From Science Magazine Nov. 14, 2023

And unease has burgeoned even in states and territories like Florida, Hawaii and Puerto Rico that had moved past a terrible summer of Delta and, until recently, experienced a relative virus lull.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2021

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

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

In era when so much about the news is just plain depressing, what stands out about the burgeoning public rebellion against Flock security cameras is just how fun it all is.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Suburban growth—and burgeoning communities across the South and West—means the report has some conspicuous absences.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

On Monday, it said the IPO was more than 8,000 times oversubscribed by retail investors, a sign that interest in the burgeoning industry is strong.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

The burgeoning young composer organized Bernstein’s music archives, sat in on recording sessions and audited his senior-level classes for three years while studying at the Thornton School of Music at USC.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Franz relished being with McCandless, but their burgeoning friendship also reminded him how lonely he’d been.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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