Example Sentences

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Private credit has burgeoned into a $1 trillion market, fueled by institutional and more recently wealthy individual investors seeking higher yields than in the public markets, with little apparent extra risk.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

As the war in Gaza nears the six-month mark, the humanitarian situation has burgeoned into a full-blown crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 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

The corruption scandal that broke at the end of January has burgeoned, with 10 high-level officials having been fired or forced to resign, including the president’s deputy chief of staff.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2023

Tannhäuser falls by the side of the bier; the Pope's staff, which has burgeoned, is brought on; and so the opera ends, Tannhäuser being redeemed.

From Wagner by Runciman, John F.