balloon
noun
a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
are ballooning
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present progressiveof balloon.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Freshman classes are ballooning at many four-year state universities, while schools face funding cuts that make it harder to afford all the teachers they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Japan's economy is under pressure because of its decreasing and ageing population, which means its workforce is shrinking and social care costs are ballooning.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
If your balances are ballooning, a New Year’s resolution to tackle them would be timely.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The costs of state transportation projects are ballooning.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
And so we are once again in a moment where cases are ballooning out of control, exposures having happened before anyone had enough information to advise shifts in behavior.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2021
