Skyrocket
verb
To increase rapidly.
The price of gas has skyrocketed in recent months.
Often appears as...
- prices skyrocket
- sales skyrocket
noun
A firework that goes high and explodes in the sky.
Children were setting off skyrockets to celebrate the festival.
Often appears as...
- set off a skyrocket
- watch a skyrocket
verb
To increase rapidly.
The price of gas has skyrocketed in recent months.
Often appears as...
- prices skyrocket
- sales skyrocket
noun
A firework that goes high and explodes in the sky.
Children were setting off skyrockets to celebrate the festival.
Often appears as...
- set off a skyrocket
- watch a skyrocket
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Increase
Use 'skyrocket' to describe something growing very quickly and unexpectedly.
Her YouTube followers skyrocketed after the viral video.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Context
'Skyrocket' is often used in financial or economic news to discuss rapid changes.
After the new product launch, the company's stock prices skyrocketed.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive or Negative
Can imply good (like popularity) or bad (like costs). Context reveals the sentiment.
Unfortunately, rental costs in the city have skyrocketed.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Increase
Use 'skyrocket' to describe something growing very quickly and unexpectedly.
Her YouTube followers skyrocketed after the viral video.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Context
'Skyrocket' is often used in financial or economic news to discuss rapid changes.
After the new product launch, the company's stock prices skyrocketed.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive or Negative
Can imply good (like popularity) or bad (like costs). Context reveals the sentiment.
Unfortunately, rental costs in the city have skyrocketed.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Increase
Use 'skyrocket' to describe something growing very quickly and unexpectedly.
Her YouTube followers skyrocketed after the viral video.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Context
'Skyrocket' is often used in financial or economic news to discuss rapid changes.
After the new product launch, the company's stock prices skyrocketed.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive or Negative
Can imply good (like popularity) or bad (like costs). Context reveals the sentiment.
Unfortunately, rental costs in the city have skyrocketed.
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When is water safe to...
but its use remains government-regulated because it has potentially harmful chemical byproducts. And if an imbalance of chlorine occurs during the disinfection process, it can trigger other chemical reactions. For example, levels of chlorine byproducts, like trihalomethanes, could skyrocket, leading to pipe corrosion
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Beware, fellow...
despite what some restaurateurs may tell you. Is it more complicated than I'm making out? Of course it is. There are a lot of dynamics at play. But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will collapse?
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The incredible chemistry...
with increased inherent adhesion for some of those copper wires. And when we solve this problem, and we will solve the problem, and we'll work with physicists and engineers to solve all of the challenges of 5G, well then the number of applications is going to skyrocket.
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Measuring what makes...
us in one of seven different kinds of ways miraculously as we ask these questions and start giving attention higher up the pyramid what we found is we created more loyalty our customer loyalty skyrocket our our employee turnover dropped to one third of the
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The threat of invasive...
allows their populations to skyrocket. So why does this keep happening? Most of the world's ecosystems are the result of millennia of coevolution by organisms, adapting to their environment and each other until a stable balance is reached.
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Steve Silberman: The...
the numbers started to skyrocket. Fundraising organizations like Autism Speaks routinely refer to autism as an epidemic, as if you could catch it from another kid at Disneyland. So what's going on? If it isn't vaccines, what is it?
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Why is the Mona Lisa so...
By the 20th century, the portrait was an iconic piece in one of the world’s most famous museums. But the “Mona Lisa” wasn’t yet a household name. It was Peruggia’s 1911 heist that helped it skyrocket to unprecedented fame.
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Why school should start...
But the consequences of teen sleep loss go well beyond the classroom, sadly contributing to many of the mental health problems that skyrocket during adolescence, including substance use, depression and suicide.
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
And nobody read it except for my mom. Although I should say that my traffic did skyrocket and go up by 100 percent when she forwarded it to my dad. And then I got excited when it started getting tens of hits,
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The Full Gospel...
chanting and hollering I mean this was a whole uproar this service so far is darkened problem then all of a sudden the lights pop on the music starts playing and the energy in the room skyrocket
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When is water safe to...
but its use remains government-regulated because it has potentially harmful chemical byproducts. And if an imbalance of chlorine occurs during the disinfection process, it can trigger other chemical reactions. For example, levels of chlorine byproducts, like trihalomethanes, could skyrocket, leading to pipe corrosion
Video examples
Beware, fellow...
despite what some restaurateurs may tell you. Is it more complicated than I'm making out? Of course it is. There are a lot of dynamics at play. But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will collapse?
Video examples
The incredible chemistry...
with increased inherent adhesion for some of those copper wires. And when we solve this problem, and we will solve the problem, and we'll work with physicists and engineers to solve all of the challenges of 5G, well then the number of applications is going to skyrocket.
Video examples
Measuring what makes...
us in one of seven different kinds of ways miraculously as we ask these questions and start giving attention higher up the pyramid what we found is we created more loyalty our customer loyalty skyrocket our our employee turnover dropped to one third of the
Video examples
The threat of invasive...
allows their populations to skyrocket. So why does this keep happening? Most of the world's ecosystems are the result of millennia of coevolution by organisms, adapting to their environment and each other until a stable balance is reached.
Video examples
Steve Silberman: The...
the numbers started to skyrocket. Fundraising organizations like Autism Speaks routinely refer to autism as an epidemic, as if you could catch it from another kid at Disneyland. So what's going on? If it isn't vaccines, what is it?
Video examples
Why is the Mona Lisa so...
By the 20th century, the portrait was an iconic piece in one of the world’s most famous museums. But the “Mona Lisa” wasn’t yet a household name. It was Peruggia’s 1911 heist that helped it skyrocket to unprecedented fame.
Video examples
Why school should start...
But the consequences of teen sleep loss go well beyond the classroom, sadly contributing to many of the mental health problems that skyrocket during adolescence, including substance use, depression and suicide.
Video examples
Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
And nobody read it except for my mom. Although I should say that my traffic did skyrocket and go up by 100 percent when she forwarded it to my dad. And then I got excited when it started getting tens of hits,
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The Full Gospel...
chanting and hollering I mean this was a whole uproar this service so far is darkened problem then all of a sudden the lights pop on the music starts playing and the energy in the room skyrocket
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Jimmi Simpson
American Actor
As Americans, we're raised with this idea of, 'We're number one.' As an individual, you absorb and you consume until you skyrocket to the top with your money and your whatever. That's not my philosophy. My philosophy is quite the opposite in that there's limited space, we have limited resources, and so it's not about the individual.
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Mark V. Hurd
American Businessman
CIOs have to be able to lay out a clear path in concert with the business leader - I used to make the business guy responsible for the apps and force them to answer the question of why they feel they need non-standard apps when they know that's how the costs skyrocket.
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Daniel Yergin
American Author
I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now.
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Amy Morin
American Author
Acknowledging the unproductive thoughts and ineffective behavior that you've tried to ignore can be uncomfortable. But, stepping out of your comfort zone and choosing to proactively address bad habits will skyrocket your ability to create long-lasting change.
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Michael Greger
American Author
Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk to high-risk areas, disease rates skyrocket as they adopt Western diets and lifestyles.
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Mike Portnoy
American Musician
A lot of bands, they'll try to jump on the bandwagon or the fad or the fashion, and they'll skyrocket, have this quick overnight fame. But as soon as that fad or fashion changes, they'll go out with it.
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Diana DeGette
American Politician
As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.
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Jeff Giles
American Editor
When salaries skyrocket, budgets skyrocket, and then rigor mortis sets in: moviemakers turn out formulaic junk in an effort to hedge their bets.
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J Allard
American Scientist
When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.
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Clive Lewis
The 2017 general election showed how quickly support can skyrocket.
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Jimmi Simpson
American Actor
As Americans, we're raised with this idea of, 'We're number one.' As an individual, you absorb and you consume until you skyrocket to the top with your money and your whatever. That's not my philosophy. My philosophy is quite the opposite in that there's limited space, we have limited resources, and so it's not about the individual.
Quote examples
Mark V. Hurd
American Businessman
CIOs have to be able to lay out a clear path in concert with the business leader - I used to make the business guy responsible for the apps and force them to answer the question of why they feel they need non-standard apps when they know that's how the costs skyrocket.
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Daniel Yergin
American Author
I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now.
Quote examples
Amy Morin
American Author
Acknowledging the unproductive thoughts and ineffective behavior that you've tried to ignore can be uncomfortable. But, stepping out of your comfort zone and choosing to proactively address bad habits will skyrocket your ability to create long-lasting change.
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Michael Greger
American Author
Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk to high-risk areas, disease rates skyrocket as they adopt Western diets and lifestyles.
Quote examples
Mike Portnoy
American Musician
A lot of bands, they'll try to jump on the bandwagon or the fad or the fashion, and they'll skyrocket, have this quick overnight fame. But as soon as that fad or fashion changes, they'll go out with it.
Quote examples
Diana DeGette
American Politician
As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.
Quote examples
Jeff Giles
American Editor
When salaries skyrocket, budgets skyrocket, and then rigor mortis sets in: moviemakers turn out formulaic junk in an effort to hedge their bets.
Quote examples
J Allard
American Scientist
When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.
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Clive Lewis
The 2017 general election showed how quickly support can skyrocket.
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