swelling (up)

verb

Definition of swelling (up)next
present participle of swell (up)
as in beefing (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swelling (up)
  1. increasing
  2. escalating
  3. augmenting
  4. expanding
  5. multiplying
  6. inserting
  7. compounding
  8. amplifying
Verb
  • The team stopped at 800 N because increasing the load further would require additional protective equipment, with a separate destructive limit test planned.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Rattlesnake sightings are increasing across Texas, with warnings issued at schools and athletic fields.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of increasing
Verb
  • The effort to combat escalating instances of counterfeiting coincides with statewide efforts to tamp down retail crime.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • An escalating tit-for-tat tariff battle with Canada could harm businesses and consumers in northern border states.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of escalating
Verb
  • Dana Williams, American High School The highest-performing students are augmenting their brainpower with AI.
    — Dana Williams, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • North Korea has also become an industrious manufacturer of war drones, augmenting Moscow’s capacity to produce the unmanned aerial vehicles that have defined the conflict.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of augmenting
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
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
Verb
  • And there are trade-offs to inserting more distance between yourself and your phone as well.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Bad Bunny has rarely shied away from inserting himself into politics and current events either, so the moment stood out.
    — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of inserting
Verb
  • Substances such as sermorelin, tesamorelin, CJC-1295, ipamorelin and a suite of other formulas are reaching more people through compounding pharmacies, telehealth prescribers and longevity clinics.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That is how a working household starts benefiting from compounding.
    — Michael Faulkender, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounding
Verb
  • Accompanying Tan’s claim was a flow chart that presented the Chinese government and state media as amplifying anti-AI and anti-data center messaging, based on reports from a cryptocurrency advocacy group.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • More supply chain investments While its income backlog is growing, Nvidia’s backstopping promises to customers and suppliers on the other side of its balance sheet are also getting bigger, amplifying a chorus of criticism over circular financing.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of amplifying
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“Swelling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelling%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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