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airburst

noun

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as in boom

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Recent Examples of airburst These could hold clues to future threats from space like airbursts and actual impacts into Earth's surface, according to researchers. — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025 In the event of a swarm attack, this warhead can take it out with an airburst of shrapnel. — New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2025 The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor. — Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025 However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst. — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for airburst

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Wall Street’s role in financing the AI boom and data centers, a contentious election issue, as well as its influence on housing and other affordability challenges, is also likely to draw scrutiny, said attorneys and analysts.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Given the memory chip industry’s history of boom and bust cycles, some industry observers worry that overinvesting by both chipmakers and chip equipment makers could pose a risk if demand drops.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of boom

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Things certainly aren’t going well when your defensive coordinator’s name is emblazoned across bedsheets hanging from your school’s fraternity windows, calling for his firing.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Fear and loathing are running high as Hollywood processes Thursday’s shock firing of Bela Bajaria from her post as Netflix chief content officer.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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The suspect is said to have organized and carried out the detonation of at least four bombs between around 31 to 62 pounds at a depth of 230 feet to 263 feet near the Danish island of Bornholm.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
The suspect allegedly organized and carried out the detonation of at least four bombs between 14 and 27 kilograms (around 31 to 62 pounds) at a depth of 70 to 80 meters (230 feet to 263 feet) near the Danish island of Bornholm.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

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