proliferate
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But as fried-chicken deals proliferate among its rivals, Saleh said that McDonald’s is now stuck in a “game of chicken,” with “no choice but to play.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The statewide effort to proliferate Flock cameras comes as backlash is mounting over the surveillance, including from some members of the Legislature, where the $1 fee was approved without opposition.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
But individual ticks are capable of carrying more than one disease simultaneously, and as their territories proliferate, healthcare professionals are warning Americans to pay attention to strange symptoms.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
This strategy is a long-term bet that domestic and international demand for gas continues to rise as energy hungry data centers proliferate and populations in Asia continue to grow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
But a bok- anovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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Some of that message is getting through to younger generations today, as well, as the information about tax strategy proliferates.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
“The Murder Game” proliferates taxonomies of its own, which often overlap and can become repetitive, especially when the same material is repeated across different chapters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“With significant near-term opportunities ahead as AEC adoption proliferates across hyperscalers and as new products ramp to production, we expect Credo to beat current consensus estimates.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
Industrial-scale monoculture tea-growing proliferates, although it's not the only farming method out there by a long shot.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
Something comes, Perhaps, to whisper something in the ear That will exert itself against the mass That grows, proliferates; but for the rest The task is done.
From Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters
With few regulations, hundreds of new private and microschools have proliferated.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Derivative-based strategies designed to provide income have proliferated in the ETF market — from autocallable funds that use swaps, to covered-call strategies involving options.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Newspaper ads for brides were normalized and proliferated in 19th century America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
As internet cafes proliferated, Romania also saw its rates of cybercrime skyrocket to one of the highest in the world, according to the State Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Waterwheels appeared in Roman times and then proliferated, along with tidal mills and windmills, in the Middle Ages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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HOAs are proliferating because of the need for an entity to manage common spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Restaurants are trying to make their proliferating fashion collaborations more appealing for everyday wear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Cook also addressed Apple's impending public relaunch of Siri, an AI assistant that the company has seemingly struggled to make competitive in an era of proliferating AI chatbots from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tiny new Christian schools, often operating in Sunday school spaces in churches, are proliferating.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Even boys’ names—which have always been scarcer than girls’—have been proliferating wildly.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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