explosive
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The chip stock rally has been so explosive that this sort of pullback was always likely to happen.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Maximin Carter, 51, from Neath Port Talbot, was initially arrested on suspicion of attempting to make an explosive after police were called to Commercial Street, Abergwynfi, on 14 February.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The explosive growth of electric vehicles has intensified the search for ways to make electric motors more energy efficient.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
The stock market’s rally from the March selloff has been explosive — not to mention far more concentrated than what investors were seeing earlier this year.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
The exclamation was an explosive, almost inarticulate, sound.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing explosive
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