hyperinflate
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of hyperinflate
Example Sentences
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In this case, it is tethered to the U.S. dollar, meaning it won't waver and hyperinflate like the bolivar.
From Fox News ● Nov. 25, 2020
This argument is only driven home by the stocks’ hyperinflated valuations relative to the broader market.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
In interviews Tuesday with novice traders on r/WallStreetBets, the gleefully reckless Reddit forum that helped fuel the onslaught, several said they were holding out hope that the hyperinflated stock would turn around.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2021
“A docking play”: a shipowner defaults on his mortgage, but is in cahoots with a marina, which charges the repossessor hyperinflated docking fees.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2015
Museums have scarcely been able to compete with private collectors in a hyperinflated market for several decades, but still a few more loans would have helped.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2013
He has imposed an austerity package prescribed by the International Monetary Fund, which has, among other things, eliminated government subsidies on oil products and devalued the cedi, Ghana's hyperinflated currency.
From Time Magazine Archive
The W.F.L. has its own woes from a scandal that surfaced recently when officials of the Philadelphia Bell and the Jacksonville Sharks confessed to hyperinflating attendance figures with a mass giveaway of tickets.
From Time Magazine Archive
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