proliferating

verb

present participle of proliferate
as in increasing
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet

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Recent Examples of proliferating McDonald’s is one of many potent symbols of Americana that’s proliferating in China. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Per public documents, G-III will invest $425 million in the 50-50 joint venture, also acquiring the operating business of the Marc Jacobs brand and managing the license, which in terms of scale means proliferating product. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 Clothing waste is proliferating across the globe, and Australia is one of the top garment consuming countries. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026 And this doesn’t solve the problem of proliferating AI music. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 Burmese pythons began proliferating in the Florida Everglades after their accidental introduction into the region during the 1970s. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 Trump may be the poster child, but Big Players are proliferating across the globe. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Tiny new Christian schools, often operating in Sunday school spaces in churches, are proliferating. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 Such impostor scams, when a criminal pretends to be a legitimate business or even a government official, are proliferating and morphing at an accelerated rate as artificial intelligence makes impersonation easier than ever. — Bill Lukitsch, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proliferating
  1. increasing
  2. rising
  3. accelerating
  4. expanding
  5. swelling
  6. multiplying
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  • Qantas said demand for international travel remained strong, with both Qantas and its low-cost carrier Jetstar increasing capacity and unit revenue, although higher fuel costs weighed on international earnings.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His foundation is aiming to spend $200 billion by 2045 with an increasing focus on AI.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of increasing
Verb
  • The bank said capacity constraints and rising competition are weighing on ASML, but that the stock remains a top pick.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Alexandria Eala, a rising global superstar, draws a new Filipino fanbase.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rising
Verb
  • Insulet’s international growth has been accelerating, with revenue rising between 30% and 32%, and full-year earnings per share growth anticipated to jump more than 30% from a year earlier.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Artificial intelligence is accelerating the trend by helping organizations analyze data faster and act on it more effectively.
    — Dirk Naylor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of accelerating
Verb
  • Axel Springer is expanding in the Middle East, joining a growing number of Western publishers with an editorial presence in the region — and testing a key pillar of its editorial beliefs.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Mamdani’s signature 2-K program is scheduled to launch this fall with 2,000 students in select school districts, with the goal of expanding citywide over four years.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of expanding
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  • That mix of showers and storms continue for the rest of the week, ramping up over the weekend, with wet weather chances swelling to 60% Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The condition may have caused pain and produced a deformation or swelling on her chest.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of swelling
Verb
  • What Bitcoin’s Market Cap Actually Measures Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the latest market price by the circulating supply.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For example, multiplying two large prime numbers is easy, but determining the two prime factors that led to a particular product is difficult.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of multiplying

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“Proliferating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proliferating. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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