geometrical progression
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And he said Wagner's casualties were "growing in geometrical progression every day" because of the lack of ammunition.
From BBC • May 7, 2023
The beetles have infested more than 700 square miles, and are increasing in geometrical progression.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"It is quite impossible," says Darwin, "for any arithmetical progression to fight against a geometrical progression."
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Human increase, he says, is a "geometrical progression."
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Construct a set of Tables showing how the interest increases in a geometrical progression as the principal is paid off.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 by Various