SKYROCKETS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

skyrockets

verb

present tense third-person singular of skyrocket

as in soars

to rise abruptly and rapidly the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

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Recent Examples of skyrockets This leads to a discrepancy that skyrockets as the number of vectors, N, increases. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 In his directorial debut, Early, who also wrote the film, plays Maddie, a blonde naif who skyrockets to viral fame for recipes created in the test kitchen of GourMaybe, a fictional but winkingly all-too-familiar online content hub. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026 Jackson skyrockets ahead of other Republican candidates Jackson hit the ground running, immediately attending campaign events and starting a massive online ad campaign attacking his Republican opponents. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 June 2026 When an agent understands the intent and emotion behind a query, adoption skyrockets. — Brijesh Prabhakar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Conversely, demand for gold usually skyrockets when rates are cut, when holding assets that can produce cash flow are viewed as less advantageous. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026 In extreme, arctic temperatures, that number skyrockets. — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026 With Mars, your ancient ruler, also here, your magnetism skyrockets. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025 Lynch maintained that Shake Shack has pricing power if inflation skyrockets. — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025

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Designed by French icons Jean Nouvel and the late Thierry Despont, the property soars 1,050 feet over bustling Midtown Manhattan and the Museum of Modern Art.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Under Baizhan’s shanyrak, a spiral of ceramic swallows and poppies soars toward the sky.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026

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If Skydance increases spending on content, that could push its competitors to also invest more, Laurent Yoon, senior analyst at the research and brokerage firm Bernstein, told me.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Though this increases the X-Y dimensions, Apple worked closely with the system team to ensure the phones' internals could support this slightly larger package.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

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