SKYROCKETED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

skyrocketed

verb

past tense of skyrocket

as in soared

to rise abruptly and rapidly the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

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Recent Examples of skyrocketed By then, the cost for two seats together had skyrocketed. — Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 June 2026 Chef Mason Hereford was fairly under the radar nationally at that time, but his name and restaurant skyrocketed with this new ranking. — Jenny Adams, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026 The record, which followed a number of independent label releases, turned out to be a platinum-plus-selling hit that skyrocketed Morris to stardom. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 That game skyrocketed him to fame from some 50,000 to nearly 10 million Instagram followers in a day. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026 But after Iran effectively cut off traffic from the Strait of Hormuz and energy prices skyrocketed, the president quickly pivoted. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 Since then, prices for waterfront estates in Miami-Dade have skyrocketed as the area has attracted a crop of billionaire buyers including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. — Catherine Odom june 26, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 In 1865, economist William Stanley Jevons observed that as steam engines became more coal-efficient, England’s total coal consumption skyrocketed. — Vaibhav Dani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 During the war, insurance premiums also skyrocketed, with ship owners paying more than $1 million per Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) to protect against attacks. — Eleni Giokos, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

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The technology is estimated to have saved an average of 190,000 lives each year between 2019-2021 as temperatures soared, according to the International Energy Agency.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
As America grew, so gingerbread’s popularity soared, no matter where it was baked.

— Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 2 July 2026

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And Harleys has entirely redesigned the rear -suspension and increased its travel 117 per cent to five inches (13 cm).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
The share of workers with hybrid schedules has increased a bit, while the share in fully remote positions has only seen a slight decline.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 July 2026

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