mushroom
noun
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
have been mushrooming
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present perfect progressiveof mushroom.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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Online subscriptions of all kinds have been mushrooming in recent years.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Flames have been mushrooming rapidly in eastern Canada and have forced evacuations in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia as well as coastal Quebec.
From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023
But cries for federal authorities to take a closer look at the potential hazards have been mushrooming after many athletes who played extensively on synthetic fields were diagnosed with cancer.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 30, 2016
Small publishing houses devoted to science fiction such as Weinbaum turned out have been mushrooming during the last few years, and the business as a whole appears to be on the upgrade.
From Time Magazine Archive
