groundswell
Example Sentences
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In an interview earlier this week, the Recording Academy CEO, Harvey Mason Jr, confirmed there was a "groundswell" amongst voters for a separate K-pop category.
From BBC
Speaking to Variety, he said the groundswell of support “was really nice.”
From Los Angeles Times
Moltbot, an open-source AI bot that runs on Anthropic’s Claude, generated a groundswell of excitement online over the weekend.
From Barron's
Its implementation was briefly paused by a 2024 referendum effort led by the California Independent Petroleum Assn., which ultimately withdrew it in light of a groundswell of public resistance.
From Los Angeles Times
“They’re out there in the zero-barrier-to-entry internet creating a groundswell that is allowing them to make a living,” he said.
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