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meteoric

[mee-tee-awr-ik, -or-] / ˌmi tiˈɔr ɪk, -ˈɒr- /


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The meteoric rise of AI agents—autonomous tools that perform a range of tasks using machine learning, from coding to organizing travel plans—has also resurrected the market for CPUs, or central processing units.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

If Olivia Dean's rise has been meteoric, Zara Larsson's has been years in the making.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Chip stocks have driven meteoric gains over the past two months but the landscape is changing, putting the most recent rally in peril.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

After a meteoric rise last week, shares of Poet Technologies plummeted almost as quickly on Monday after the company disclosed cancellations of several purchase orders.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Imagine what it must have been like to watch the meteoric rise of Regina and Louis Borgenicht through the eyes of one of their offspring.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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