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proliferation

[pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn] / prəˌlɪf əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
increase
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Economic uncertainties are driving down cybersecurity hiring, stretching security teams thin amid a proliferation of data breaches, phishing and ransomware attacks, enterprise technology leaders and recruiters say.

From The Wall Street Journal

They include terrorism, nuclear proliferation, pandemics, new technologies and climate change.

From Salon

Kendall said the situation was "absolutely appalling", adding "we cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these degrading images."

From BBC

“Everyone with a computer and a microphone has a studio,” Mayer says, and that’s not even accounting for the proliferation of music conjured up by AI out of the digital ether.

From Los Angeles Times

"When stem cells start to divide more often than they should, and if their proliferation is not regulated, they can accumulate mutations over time," said Pinho.

From Science Daily