as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Recent Examples of skyrocket
Are the skyrocketing costs of groceries seriously putting a strain on your budget?
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Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Ticket prices are skyrocketing with the league's biggest market finally back in the series, with tickets inside the Garden so hard to acquire that Knicks fans have instead bought up seats in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland as their team romped through the Eastern Conference playoffs.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Prices skyrocket when there’s high demand, but when interest in the games diminishes, prices should drop.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
During the pandemic, when demand for South Florida real estate was red-hot, home prices skyrocketed, sometimes by a couple percentage points each month, Shuffield said.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
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Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Ticket prices are skyrocketing with the league's biggest market finally back in the series, with tickets inside the Garden so hard to acquire that Knicks fans have instead bought up seats in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland as their team romped through the Eastern Conference playoffs.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Prices skyrocket when there’s high demand, but when interest in the games diminishes, prices should drop.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
During the pandemic, when demand for South Florida real estate was red-hot, home prices skyrocketed, sometimes by a couple percentage points each month, Shuffield said.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyrocket
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Meanwhile, the market capitalization of India's peers is soaring.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The Huntington Beach startup’s soaring valuation underscores how defense tech funding is booming as armed conflicts such as the Iran war and the Russian-Ukrainian war continue.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Since then, the damage has increased at an alarming rate, and many residents fear the end is near for the 53-year-old structure.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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The recent strikes have increased the strain on the fragile truce between Washington and Tehran.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrocket. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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