How to Use boom in a Sentence
- She boomed commands from the stern of the ship.
- Housing construction has boomed in the past year.
- Last year we almost had to close the store, but now business is booming.
- His voice boomed out across the congregation.
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But the library is about to boom even more.
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Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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Screen-free kids’ tech is booming.
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Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
16 Dec. 2025
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Matt Araiza boomed his first punt 67 yards.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 Aug. 2025
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His name boomed around Anfield.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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May is booming with free wellness events across the city.
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Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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And the podcast space has been booming.
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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The boos were booming and vicious.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The books prove business is booming.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Exports to a shattered world boomed.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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Those car-free areas are booming.
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Lucius J. Riccio,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Cries from the group were heard over the sounds of the end-of-watch call booming through the park.
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Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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From bust to boom The program was born from a crisis.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Job cuts in media industries have boomed even more than the rest.
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Sunny Nagpaul,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2024
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And right now, business is booming for Paige.
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Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Right now, business is booming.
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Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The world of supplements is booming right now.
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Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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On one hand, business in the US is booming.
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Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
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Freight rates climbed nearly 40%, and business boomed.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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The three-row midsize segment is booming.
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New Atlas,
18 Feb. 2026
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In the grand scheme of things, beauty had been booming, but at-home devices were slow to catch on.
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Brennan Kilbane,
Allure,
15 Jan. 2026
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The shift comes as women’s wealth is expected to boom in the coming years.
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Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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But across Asia and beyond, eldercare tech is poised to boom.
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Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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As Alan said, the health care and pharma markets have been booming.
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Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2023
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The British van market is booming, with over five million vans on the road.
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New Atlas,
9 Feb. 2026
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Cameron Little was booming from 73 yards in pregame.
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Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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Business is booming for the career coaches of the very young.
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Jo Constantz,
Bloomberg,
13 Apr. 2026
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One hit in the wrong place and boom!
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New Atlas,
6 May 2026
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This is very much a top-heavy boom.
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Conor Sen,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Crews say nothing got past the booms.
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Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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This is a boom-time for foreign films.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Get it, before this deal goes boom!
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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So what part of the boom can downtown still get in on?
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Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Heavy rains in 2024 led to the boom.
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Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Iran’s oil isn’t about to go boom (on its own, anyway).
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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Voice chat sounds clean through the boom mic, which keeps callouts crisp.
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PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ohio and Utah have also seen a boom.
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Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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Higher oil prices then sparked a Gulf boom.
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Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
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Those who started out as boom ops are sound recordists in their own right.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Then, yellow, and boom—I was stuck.
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Victoria Mejicanos,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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And Schultz sees no end to the running shoe boom.
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Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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So there’s one about a concrete boom pump or a snow plow or a line painter.
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Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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So this might be more sustainable than a boom and bust.
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Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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This boom is less about magic and more about meaning.
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Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Has the whiskey industry gone from boom to bust?
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Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Not all market watchers see a crazy boom as such a good thing.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Reese also feels like a little boom-or-bust.
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Mike Sando,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Whether that boom can be counted on is still an open question.
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Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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The result was a boom-and-bust cycle.
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Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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The butterfat boom is far from over.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The boom could be loud enough to shake windows in some areas.
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Jayne Yutig,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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The boom could be loud enough to shake windows in some areas.
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Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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First, think about the slice covering the boom years.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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One person told the station that the boom shook their whole house.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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This is driving the boom around AI.
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Roman Axelrod,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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These are boom times in comedy.
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Frank Digiacomo,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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That every boom contains its echo.
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Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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