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skyrocket

[skahy-rok-it] / ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt /


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That has caused SK hynix shares to skyrocket by around 600 percent over the past year -- helping push Seoul's benchmark Kospi stock index to record highs.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI are both widely expected to pursue IPOs as soon as this year and have seen their valuations skyrocket in a relatively short period of time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

The Bears, with good reason, feared that their tax bill would skyrocket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But Daniel didn’t just buy digital money when it was cheap and watch it skyrocket in value.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“I didn’t expect fundamental deterioration in the underlying mortgage pools to hit critical levels for a couple years,” he said—when the teaser rates would vanish and monthly payments would skyrocket.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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