burgeon
verb (used without object)
to grow or develop quickly; flourish.
is burgeoning
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present progressiveof burgeon (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Yet even amid this reactionary onslaught, resistance is burgeoning.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
What Gushiken helped make clear, though, is this: The Cougs’ secondary is burgeoning into the strength of this defense.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
The volume of digital secrets is burgeoning, but the declassification system lumbers along at an analog pace.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2022
Thanks partly to the rise of invasive brain stimulation treatments for diseases such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy and to a recent U.S. federal funding program, intracranial human neuroscience is burgeoning.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2022
To-day when fortune's rose is burgeoning, fill high the cup.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
