- present participle of mushroom.
mushrooming
Example Sentences
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Anxiety about the Iran war, inflation and mushrooming public debt have driven the recent selloff in Treasury bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
More and more EU countries are being thrown in the public spending sin bin over their mushrooming deficits, with Bulgaria expected to be added Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
USC’s deficit grew dramatically during the final year of Folt’s tenure, mushrooming from $158 million to upwards of $200 million — an increase of more than 26%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
Drug deductibles—the amount you pay up front before coverage kicks in—are mushrooming for many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Gerald Black, at his own request, was supervising the mushrooming wooden partitions that were springing up in a bellying circle on the vaulted third floor of Radiation Building 2.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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