rocketing 1 of 2

adjective

as in rapid

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rocketing

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verb

present participle of rocket
1
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the startled cat rocketed out of the room

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2
as in soaring
to rise abruptly and rapidly the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

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Recent Examples of rocketing
Verb
In a separate instance, a drone explosion sent the lid of a round oil container rocketing skyward. — Charles Maynes, NPR, 18 June 2026 Cellphone video shows fireworks rocketing spectacularly from the trailer as dark smoke spirals into the sky. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 June 2026 The price for one month out peaked at more than $110 per barrel in April, after rocketing from less than $70 before the war began. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Tshabalala’s thunderous strike sends the ball rocketing into the top right corner of Óscar Pérez’s net and fires the tournament hosts ahead, as the blaring drone of vuvuzelas is – somehow – drowned out by a roar heard across the country. — Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Four years on from the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has proved remarkably resilient, shouldering sanctions, rocketing inflation, and depleted fiscal reserves. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026 The vehicle that slammed into Susan Cameron’s car in September 2024 had been rocketing through a business district in Lenexa at more than 125 mph just before the crash, prosecutors said. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 Now, after three seasons, the duo is rocketing onto the big screen with The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first Star Wars movie since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026 Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images With SpaceX's stock rocketing during its first three days of trading, Elon Musk's company is getting an assist from the Department of Justice, which asked a federal court in Mississippi to toss a case against the company brought by the NAACP. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocketing
  1. rapid
  2. speeding
  3. soaring
  4. meteoric
  5. flying
  6. skyrocketing
  7. lightning
  8. scurrying
Adjective
  • Prices are subject to rapid, unpredictable changes due to factors like, but not limited to, supply/demand, weather, and geopolitical events.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • This all comes amid rapid technological, social and economic change in China.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of rapid
Verb
  • Boise and Ada County have created infractions for speeding on the Greenbelt, and the city worked with Lime, a popular electric transportation company, to limit scooter speeds in parts of the city.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
  • The driver, 26-year-old Saah Foiyoe, was neither speeding nor impaired, according to police.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Definition of speeding
Verb
  • His celebratory words marking its 250th anniversary included not only the traditional paeans to the Founders but also a dose of personal grievance, plus soaring praise for his own achievements.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Like Micron, the second-best performer in the S&P 500 this year with a scorching 242% gain, the company is benefiting from soaring demand for high-bandwidth memory chips.
    — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of soaring
Adjective
  • The industry icons involved in this meteoric rise are well documented.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Chipmakers were bound to hit a rough patch after such a meteoric rise, Bret Kenwell, an investing analyst at eToro, told ABC News.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of meteoric
Verb
  • At the heart of every Freak is its distinctive flying carousel architecture.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Surveillance footage captured by a camera on the affected home, shared by Avila's daughter Jennifer Barbour on Facebook, shows the vehicle flying off the road before striking the home.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of flying
Verb
  • The skyrocketing prices have been a boon for big oil companies.
    — Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Now, the United States is experiencing its own blast of dangerous heat, particularly in the East, which is facing skyrocketing temperatures and high humidity.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Definition of skyrocketing
Adjective
  • Digital assets are moving at hyper-lightning speed.
    — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Definition of lightning
Verb
  • If seeing one scurrying through your living room sends you scrambling for a quick remedy, your instincts are on track.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The cute animal, who was wearing a leash, was seen happily scurrying around the sandy coastline at sunset, while also taking a dip in the water, alongside Atkins' dog.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Definition of scurrying

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