burgeon
verb (used without object)
to grow or develop quickly; flourish.
are burgeoning
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present progressiveof burgeon.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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“New audiences are burgeoning in new places and we are pressing forward with ambitious plans to grow and invest so that we can be there for them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
“New audiences are burgeoning in new places, and we are pressing forward with ambitious plans to grow and invest so that we can be there for them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Thanks to these technologies, the uses of topology, which until recently seemed to be no more than an abstract, if amusing, branch of mathematics, are burgeoning.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
And while access and options — not to mention launchpads — are burgeoning, space tourism remains astronomically expensive for most.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
"We live at a time in which polarisation and exclusion are burgeoning and considered the only way to resolve conflicts," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2016
