skyrocket
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Both companies have seen profits and share prices skyrocket in recent months, as frenzied demand for AI infrastructure squeezes the global supply of memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Fueled by surging global demand for high-end artificial-intelligence computing and memory chips, the electronics sector alone saw profits skyrocket by 103.9%, contributing a massive 43.1% to the overall growth of China’s entire industrial profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Memory-chip makers like Micron Technology and Sandisk have been some of the biggest winners of the artificial-intelligence build-out as their shares continue to skyrocket.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
And it’s not just diesel: Climate change, inflation and tariffs have all caused the base of Italian food — the humble tomato — to skyrocket nearly 40% over last year.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
“I didn’t expect fundamental deterioration in the underlying mortgage pools to hit critical levels for a couple years,” he said—when the teaser rates would vanish and monthly payments would skyrocket.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Samsung, which makes memory chips essential for AI data centres, has also seen its value and profits soar as global demand skyrockets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
As demand for artificial intelligence skyrockets, AI companies have been grasping for solutions to flatten the steep cost curve of compute.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
Swinney accused UK ministers of "twiddling their thumbs" while the cost of living for rural households skyrockets.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Podcast ads may be better heard than seen, a new study suggests, even as the popularity of video podcasting skyrockets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Oregon’s affordable housing production has skyrocketed in recent years.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Instead of a postholiday slump, sales of “Theo of Golden” skyrocketed in the first half of 2025, selling 125,000 copies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Signatures on education technology petitions nationwide skyrocketed 11-fold following LAUSD’s decision, according to data from the petition company Four Norms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Sales of fans and air conditioners meanwhile skyrocketed in a country where most buildings are not designed to deal with extreme heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The price of living skyrocketed, and nobody was making any money.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Rowdy children represent yet another challenge for restaurants like his that have struggled through the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, skyrocketing prices for beef, cooking oil and other goods, Xue said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Olive crops were particularly affected, with the price of olive oil skyrocketing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, this February, nightclubs and grassroots spaces were excluded from the business rates relief scheme, despite the venues' rateable value skyrocketing by 56% since 2017.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Training artificial-intelligence models is expensive, and the big AI labs have been banking on paid usage to help justify their skyrocketing costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026
My stomach a hard ball, my pulse skyrocketing again, I left his office without shaking his outstretched hand.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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