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• present participle of burgeon.

burgeoning

American  

[bur-juh-ning] / ˈbɜr dʒə nɪŋ /

Rarely bourgeoning

adjective

1. 

   growing or developing quickly.

   The company was criticized for not doing more to pare down its burgeoning debt.

2. (of a plant) putting forth buds, flowers, shoots, etc..

   The overcast sky was more than made up for by the brilliant purple blossoms of the burgeoning jacaranda trees.

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Etymology

Origin of burgeoning

burgeon ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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burgeoning

That night, his booming career as a folk-pop musician and his burgeoning future as an actor came together on stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Released by Stiff Records in 1977, Costello’s debut took full advantage of the burgeoning punk movement.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

"We're building Nike for the long term," Chief Executive Elliot Hill said during a conference call in which he touted the company's burgeoning relationship with women's basketball star Caitlin Clark.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

There’s a 30-year-old printing press and machines added in the last two years to serve the burgeoning trading-card games business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

To house his burgeoning staff, Ernest commandeered every vacant room in LeConte Hall and, with Sproul’s permission, completely took over the university’s newest instructional building, then officially designated simply as the “New Classroom Building.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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