burgeon
to grow or expand rapidly and flourish
Word origin: From Old French burjon, a bud or shoot.
Burgeon in a sentence
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The tech sector burgeoned as new startups appeared overnight.
The startup's user base burgeoned once the app was featured on the platform's homepage.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
Modern editors have softened many passages that earlier audiences accepted without protest, finding blank what their grandparents had regarded as merely robust and good-humored.
Using “burgeon” well
Burgeon means to grow rapidly and flourish, originally to bud or sprout. The connotation is vigorous, healthy expansion.
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