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
"It is quite impossible," says Darwin, "for any arithmetical progression to fight against a geometrical progression."
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The beetles have infested more than 700 square miles, and are increasing in geometrical progression.
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Human increase, he says, is a "geometrical progression."
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Agriculture, which is par excellence the basis of the prosperity of nations, has made considerable progress; its development goes on day by day in geometrical progression.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various