noun
Other Word Forms
- unmounting adjective
Etymology
Origin of mounting
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; mount 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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That challenge is mounting as Iran is widening its campaign of missile and drone strikes to include infrastructure that pumps much of the world’s oil and gas supply.
Even as the technology races ahead, legal concerns are mounting.
From Los Angeles Times
The minister said these attacks demonstrated how British military personnel and civilians were "at risk with a regime that is increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrolled in the attacks it is mounting".
From BBC
As data centers use more electricity, the risk of serious disruptions resulting from their unexpected disconnection is mounting.
Nineteen points at this stage of the season for Burnley means survival is incredibly unlikely, but three points against the Bees after mounting an unbelievable comeback would have put the question out there.
From BBC
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