- present participle of mushroom.
Example Sentences
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While Germany lacks headline artificial-intelligence names, it is deep in suppliers to utilities that are rushing to provide power for mushrooming data centers, Peloso points out.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, new LNG terminals were mushrooming on the Gulf Coast, and Qatar was on track to expand its export capacity more than 40% starting around midyear.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
But experts say such strikes will need to be consistent to hunt down existing IS cells in Somalia and stop others mushrooming.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025
The August Complex — which was mushrooming into California’s first million-acre fire — was encroaching on her neighborhood and she needed to prepare to evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
Gerald Black, at his own request, was supervising the mushrooming wooden partitions that were springing up in a bellying circle on the vaulted third floor of Radiation Building 2.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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