inflate
verb (used with object)
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate.
is inflating
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present progressiveof inflate (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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That scale has raised worries that Wall Street is inflating a bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
For investors, the question is not whether AI is inflating energy costs.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
The digital token’s use case is limited, making it a tool for speculators and raising concern that a bubble is inflating.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
Welcome to Silicon Valley, where a shortage of top engineering talent amid an explosion of venture capital-backed start-ups is inflating paychecks.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2013
And yet everything radiates tension, as if the city has been built upon the skin of a balloon and someone is inflating it toward the breaking point.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
