- present participle of swell.
swelling
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Both Super Micro and CoreWeave pointed to swelling backlogs reflecting ongoing customer demand for AI hardware.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Growth since April’s weakness has been concentrated in the private sector, swelling by roughly 146,000 in three months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Still, he welcomes the chance to discuss books, his voice swelling with excitement at the mention of Emily St. John Mandel and Ottessa Moshfegh — both personal favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The yen has been weakening because of the gap between Japanese and US interest rates, high oil prices and concerns about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's spending plans further swelling Japan's enormous debts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Akira’s dad had also taught her to use ice to reduce any swelling.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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"Hereditary angioedema can cause patients severe swellings and intense pain, which can be life-threatening as well as restricting normal activities, such as going to work or school," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
“One female refugee got swellings on her arms and legs and is unable to stand or walk, while one man, maybe because they’ve been at sea for too long, is a bit malnourished,” Nurul said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022
Inspired by okonomiyaki — savory pancakes made with wheat flour batter and enlivened with toppings of seaweed and meat — he added “toppings” of acrylic and oil paints to the round swellings.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Clubroot produces swellings on canola’s roots, choking them of nutrients and stunting growth of the plant’s valuable seeds, but the disease does not affect the quality of canola oil and meal.
From Reuters ● Feb. 22, 2018
Each twinge, each murmur of slight pain, ripples of sloughed-off matter, swellings and diminishings of tissue, the droolings of the flesh, these are signs, these are the things I need to know about.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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