mushroom
noun
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
has been mushrooming
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present perfect progressiveof mushroom (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But with little publicity, the number of young children who routinely spend part of the day unsupervised has been mushrooming.
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