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proliferation

[pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn] / prəˌlɪf əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
increase
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These include a proliferation of tiny exchanges: There are now 18 stock exchanges, most of which handle less than 1% of total U.S. trading volume, up from eight in 2005, SEC data shows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

"This resulted in the proliferation of deals, nearly always with the 'other 14' clubs - Clubs who operate at much lower commercial fee levels than the global football brands," Maguire said.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The Chinese competitive threat will take time to emerge fully and he believes the proliferation of leveraged exchange-traded funds within Korea explains much of the recent volatility in the share prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

This was a fertile environment for the proliferation of digital rapid-response networks at a time when they were most needed.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

For following the proliferation of quotes had come something secret.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Though cyanobacteria is a naturally occurring microorganism, sometimes conditions conspire to create huge proliferations called blooms that can create problems that range from obnoxious to toxic.

From Washington Times Sep. 19, 2020

Gen. Jeff Sessions to adopt website regulations, saying the absence of such regulations “only fuels the proliferations of these suits.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2018

One of the many recent proliferations of an invasive species concerns the Asian carp in the United States.

From Textbooks Sep. 6, 2018

There’s a tendency in prequels and sequels and the like to make things tidy, which Ryman’s proliferations of Dorothys and Scarecrows is not.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2014

The villages of Beckington, which used to be three miles to the west, and Blamely four miles to the east of Bromstead, were experiencing similar distensions and proliferations, and grew out to meet us.

From The New Machiavelli by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells




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