burgeon
verb (used without object)
to grow or develop quickly; flourish.
has burgeoned
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present perfectof burgeon (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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These days, however, the notion of engaging children has burgeoned like never before, with programs that are increasingly innovative, engaging and fresh, experts in the field say.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
Research on SPMs has burgeoned in recent years, driven in part by the possibility that they could lead to drugs able to shut down damaging inflammation.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 14, 2023
But a civil society has burgeoned in the past two decades that didn’t exist before.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
Uncollected court-ordered debt in California has burgeoned to more than $10 billion, and by reducing fines the proposed amnesty program aims to encourage payment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2015
Weary she was and spent and overwrought; but there is no tonic in all the world like the consciousness that where one has placed one's love, there love has burgeoned in response.
From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance
