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Recent Examples of escalation
Clarify decision rights, escalation triggers, uncertainty protocols, and quality thresholds.
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Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Such a strike would mark a major escalation.
—Reuters, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And while the notion of privatizing a public liberal arts college may seem radical, it can also be understood as an escalation of a larger pattern.
—Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The state’s report warns that further tariff escalation could push the state into a recession and cost schools and health care as much as $805 million in revenue losses by fiscal year 2026-27.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
The use of military force against a Latin American drug cartel marks a significant escalation in the US war on drugs.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Such a strike would mark a major escalation.
—Reuters, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And while the notion of privatizing a public liberal arts college may seem radical, it can also be understood as an escalation of a larger pattern.
—Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The state’s report warns that further tariff escalation could push the state into a recession and cost schools and health care as much as $805 million in revenue losses by fiscal year 2026-27.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
The use of military force against a Latin American drug cartel marks a significant escalation in the US war on drugs.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalation
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The expansion will also include more language support, with plans to increase access to consulting and capital assistance in Spanish and Marshallese, according to an organization news release.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sacred Heart Schools announced a sweeping expansion to the Sacred Heart Academy campus focused on improving student facilities, expanding endowments to support scholarships and strengthening the school's annual fund.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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In recent months, tariffs modestly contributed to the uptick in overall inflation, analysts previously told ABC News, but overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to Trump’s levies.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Rather than competing on spend, Olson has centered PacSun’s growth on listening, embedding the customer voice into decisions across product, marketing, and data.—
Jamie Gutfreund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In its annual assessment report on security challenges, the Norwegian Intelligence Service warned that Russia—which operates dozens of military bases in the Arctic—would increase its focus on the Nordic countries in response to NATO enlargement to Sweden and Finland.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the past forty years the successes of the EU – enlargement, holding the euro together and the creation of a European identity (based on borderless travel the Erasmus programme for example).—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ditto the Hammer Studios output of the 1950s and ’60s, Bernie Wrightson’s definitive illustrations of the Creature, oodles of Gothic literature, Roger Corman’s Poe pictures, and Mario Bava’s retina-searing color creep shows.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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But some see broader social dangers at work as such ideology creeps into national politics.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Balancing Authenticity And Messaging Discipline At FDH Aero, our values—service first, respect, amplification, open-mindedness and accountability—aren’t just wall art.—
Heather Rosenow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Habitaat recorded without speakers or extra amplification, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Botulism Symptoms Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double vision, speech or swallowing difficulties, muscle weakness, abdominal distension and constipation.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Symptoms, which often develop slowly, can include abdominal distension and pain, nausea, loss of appetite and constipation.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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He was being paid over £150,000 a week, doubling which would have loaded £9million extra onto the St James’ Park wage bill.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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This structure, which the study also calls crustal doubling, consists of a layer of Indian crust, a central layer of rigid Asian mantle, and an upper layer of Asian crust.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Escalation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalation. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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