spurt

Example Sentences

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Some may perceive this as mere growing pains for a now-decade-old Silicon Valley giant that experienced a massive growth spurt after ChatGPT’s takeoff.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

While there are the usual array of snack food and soft drink companies that will appearin the commercial breaks, viewers will also see a spurt in pharmaceutical ads.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

A spurt of interest in Germany in the late ’70s inspired her to write a memoir, which, like two more novels, remained unpublished when she died in 1982.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Thank God I was done with the last growth spurt.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline