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skyrocket

[skahy-rok-it] / ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt /


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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

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

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

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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