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to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Recent Examples of skyrocketed
The price of wholesale eggs have skyrocketed across the United States amid the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Then, another newborn pygmy hippo named Haggis skyrocketed to fame at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
The scandal secured the reputation of the brand and their fame skyrocketed.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Donny Osmond later joined and the group skyrocketed to fame in the 1970s.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders have skyrocketed since the pandemic, leaving individuals, families, and entire communities to grapple with an immense mental health burden.
—Letitia James, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
People will beat down to door to get it, now that the after-tax rate of return on earning and investing has skyrocketed.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
By December 2022, after ten months of fighting, that figure skyrocketed to 84 percent—a degree of trust in the president that is unprecedented in Ukrainian politics.
—Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Rock music’s popularity had skyrocketed in the wake of the British Invasion, and many folk devotees considered its commercialism to be a threat to their communal values.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Then, another newborn pygmy hippo named Haggis skyrocketed to fame at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
The scandal secured the reputation of the brand and their fame skyrocketed.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Donny Osmond later joined and the group skyrocketed to fame in the 1970s.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders have skyrocketed since the pandemic, leaving individuals, families, and entire communities to grapple with an immense mental health burden.
—Letitia James, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
People will beat down to door to get it, now that the after-tax rate of return on earning and investing has skyrocketed.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
By December 2022, after ten months of fighting, that figure skyrocketed to 84 percent—a degree of trust in the president that is unprecedented in Ukrainian politics.
—Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Rock music’s popularity had skyrocketed in the wake of the British Invasion, and many folk devotees considered its commercialism to be a threat to their communal values.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Skyrocketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrocketed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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