SKYROCKETING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

skyrocketing

verb

present participle of skyrocket

as in soaring

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

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Recent Examples of skyrocketing The skyrocketing prices have been a boon for big oil companies. — Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 The beach photos sent online searches for the venue skyrocketing by 3,250 percent. — Anna Gentili, Vanity Fair, 27 June 2026 In fact, for many modern homes, keeping living spaces comfortable without sending energy bills skyrocketing can be a challenge. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 30 June 2026 Consumption of plastic is skyrocketing—global production has more than doubled in the last two decades—at the same time that plastics’ dangers are becoming better understood. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 June 2026 As leading console makers contend with the pull towards digital, skyrocketing memory prices fueled by the artificial intelligence buildout have led to price hikes on consoles. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 1 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 But with billionaire wealth skyrocketing to unprecedented heights (Elon Musk briefly became the first trillionaire this month after all), Forbes raised the table stakes for our families list to $10 billion in 2024. — Matt Durot, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 As major cloud computing companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon rush to build data centers around the globe to power new AI models and systems, the price of computer equipment and memory specifically has been skyrocketing. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 1 July 2026

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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

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As summer arrives, snow begins melting, ice hardens and rocks loosen, increasing the risk of falls and rockfall.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
When patients can’t pay, hospitals absorb the costs and pass them onto people with insurance by increasing prices, studies show.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 1 July 2026

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