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Recent Examples of escalation
Clarify decision rights, escalation triggers, uncertainty protocols, and quality thresholds.
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Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Such a strike would mark a major escalation.
—Reuters, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And while the notion of privatizing a public liberal arts college may seem radical, it can also be understood as an escalation of a larger pattern.
—Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The state’s report warns that further tariff escalation could push the state into a recession and cost schools and health care as much as $805 million in revenue losses by fiscal year 2026-27.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
The use of military force against a Latin American drug cartel marks a significant escalation in the US war on drugs.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Such a strike would mark a major escalation.
—Reuters, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And while the notion of privatizing a public liberal arts college may seem radical, it can also be understood as an escalation of a larger pattern.
—Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The state’s report warns that further tariff escalation could push the state into a recession and cost schools and health care as much as $805 million in revenue losses by fiscal year 2026-27.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
The use of military force against a Latin American drug cartel marks a significant escalation in the US war on drugs.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalation
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Eudia and Haroun used the Summit to announce a major expansion of their AI for Good initiative, investing resources to remove systemic barriers and foster economic mobility and opportunity, especially for Arizona’s underserved communities.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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This growth includes the expansion of distribution centers, attack surfaces, and opportunities for malicious actors.—
Leeza Garber,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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But deals of that type became more scarce as the Premier League’s soaring wealth caused drastic inflation in the transfer market.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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And while winners may be tempted to choose the annuity for an initial lower tax bite and to get more Powerball money, inflation and unforeseeable tax changes over 29 years could eat away at its value.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Rather than competing on spend, Olson has centered PacSun’s growth on listening, embedding the customer voice into decisions across product, marketing, and data.—
Jamie Gutfreund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In its annual assessment report on security challenges, the Norwegian Intelligence Service warned that Russia—which operates dozens of military bases in the Arctic—would increase its focus on the Nordic countries in response to NATO enlargement to Sweden and Finland.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the past forty years the successes of the EU – enlargement, holding the euro together and the creation of a European identity (based on borderless travel the Erasmus programme for example).—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Audit your expenses twice a year to detect lifestyle creep.—
Anne-Lyse Ngatta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In recent years, suburban creep has worked its way toward them.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Habitaat recorded without speakers or extra amplification, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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As with Arctic amplification, this land-ocean contrast can be seen in observed warming.—
Nadir Jeevanjee,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
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Botulism Symptoms Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double vision, speech or swallowing difficulties, muscle weakness, abdominal distension and constipation.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Symptoms, which often develop slowly, can include abdominal distension and pain, nausea, loss of appetite and constipation.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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He was being paid over £150,000 a week, doubling which would have loaded £9million extra onto the St James’ Park wage bill.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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This structure, which the study also calls crustal doubling, consists of a layer of Indian crust, a central layer of rigid Asian mantle, and an upper layer of Asian crust.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Escalation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalation. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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