exponential growth

1. Growth of a system in which the amount being added to the system is proportional to the amount already present: the bigger the system is, the greater the increase. (See geometric progression.)

In everyday speech, exponential growth means runaway expansion, such as in population growth.

Example Sentences

The source added that the raid has shaken a company that has always tried to operate by the book and that, despite its exponential growth in recent years, has sought to maintain a close-knit feel.

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The exponential growth of AI demands equally radical human imagination and action.

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This cultural shift is hard to measure, but it's no doubt a contributing factor to the seemingly exponential growth in scamming, especially on social media.

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Instead, by nearly every social and economic metric, Latinos are worse off now than they were a generation ago despite the exponential growth of Latino representation.

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Despite mounting international concerns around rampant waste, labor abuses and carbon emissions, the world of fast fashion has continued to chart its exponential growth.

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