mushroom
noun
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
is mushrooming
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present progressiveof mushroom (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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But there is no doubt demand for the computers that power AI is mushrooming - and with it the amount of energy needed to keep those servers cool.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
As borrowers wait, debt forgiveness activists and loan servicers say misinformation is mushrooming and scammers are proliferating.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
This is the new world created by a COVID-19 crisis that is mushrooming to more than 190,000 new cases a day across America just as college basketball gets set to tip off its season Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2020
Mthimkhulu, the former student, said he thinks the statue-targeting campaign is mushrooming now because, in the early years after apartheid, people focused on seizing jobs and other opportunities previously denied to them.
From US News ● Apr. 1, 2015
Deep within the O2 in London, a smaller white dome is mushrooming.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2012
