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boom

[boom] / bum /






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Back then, Greenspan held rates steady against colleagues who wanted to hike, wagering that a productivity boom driven by the internet revolution would keep inflation low even as growth accelerated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The GI Bill and the industrial boom drove the greatest project of mass education and mass consumption in world history.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Equally, the need for professors and instructors engendered by the college boom created its own class of intellectuals and intellectual hangers-on.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

As far as Arsenault’s concerned, the hiring boom can’t come soon enough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In a boom town like Rochester, they watched as men of their class turned into financial and social success stories.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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