proliferate
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Synonyms
accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax
Antonyms
contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane
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While fraud has proliferated on Facebook for years, those running the military romance scams are taking on not only one of the world’s most influential companies, but also the most powerful military — and succeeding. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "It’s time to regulate tech platforms with laws, not fines," 30 July 2019 Brought to Germany for their fur in the 1930s, raccoons have since proliferated across much of Europe. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, "Raccoons are spreading across Earth—and climate change could help," 29 July 2019 While fraud has proliferated on Facebook for years, those running the military romance scams are taking on not only one of the world’s most influential companies, but also the most powerful military — and succeeding. — Jack Nicas, New York Times, "Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought.," 28 July 2019 Passage's story provides insight into how captive tigers have proliferated throughout America, to the point that there now may be more in this country than in the wild. — oregonlive.com, "The trouble with tigers in America," 13 July 2019 Such agreements have proliferated at the Justice Department as a way to punish companies for committing crimes without harming shareholders and employees with no relation to the misconduct. — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, "Justice Department Extends Compliance Breaks to Antitrust Offenders," 11 July 2019 More Americans are obtaining passports and going abroad than ever before—and thousands of different travel apps, websites, and services have proliferated to help them on their journeys. — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, "How to Save Money and Skip Lines at the Airport," 5 July 2019 These storage facilities have proliferated across other cities. — Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, "Birmingham approves 6-month stay on self-storage business licenses," 2 July 2019 Just six years later, when Richard Burns, a student at Hamilton College, came out, gay-liberation groups had proliferated. — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, "Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'proliferate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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