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Burgeon


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To bud. See Bourgeon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) States are meant to swim alone on this … We’re already doing extraordinary things to deal with the burgeoning demands on our hospitals.” Turnbull reiterated an earlier call for the states and territories to look at increasing some of their own revenue measures to make up for funding shortfalls.
  • (2) "This is a major milestone and testament to the burgeoning reputation of UK automotive excellence and demand for British-made cars."
  • (3) For 20 years the great British inequality machine has hurtled on, driven largely by the burgeoning incomes of this top 0.1% – almost all of whom are directors, bankers or work in business services and real estate – who captured the lion’s share of any gains in real productivity.
  • (4) Founded by the former US Navy Seal Erik Prince, Blackwater seized on the burgeoning private security contracts that emerged after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
  • (5) The notion that Gleeson has lurched from one disaster to another, ruining everything from the Coen brothers' remake of True Grit to Richard Curtis's romcom About Time , seems a pretty unique interpretation of his burgeoning career as a versatile character actor.
  • (6) He is an expert on the public health problems that plague El Paso and the other cities along the international border, all of which are exacerbated by abject poverty and a burgeoning population.
  • (7) A ccents from every state in the union can be heard as workers pour off the train each day in Williston, North Dakota, ready to try their luck as the welders, truck drivers, plumbers, oil rig roughnecks, frackers, water carriers and road crews required to support the booming fracking industry – but also as plumbers, lawyers, cooks, accountants and everything else it takes to build a rapidly burgeoning city.
  • (8) The mood is fantastic: upbeat, from a crowd of older locals reliving their youth to cool young thangs attracted by Margate’s burgeoning reputation as Dalston-sur-Mer; fiftysomething men in braces and Harringtons, candy-floss-chomping teens… People are picnicking on the fake lawn beside the hair and beauty caravan, children gyrating newly bought hula-hoops to the strains of I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
  • (9) There’s a burgeoning wine industry with tasting rooms, several craft breweries and some great restaurants (try Goldy’s for breakfast).
  • (10) Burgeoning health care costs coupled with an increased focus on health promotion and illness prevention have created new demands on the health care delivery system.
  • (11) Despite his relative political impotency in Congress, the president hopes to use recent US economic strength to rally support outside Washington not just for a more radical policy agenda in his last two years in office, but for a burgeoning 2016 election debate in both parties about inequality and social mobility.
  • (12) In comparison to older methods, the bleeding severity index is highly reproducible and should be tested more widely to determine whether it can be applied to the burgeoning clinical research in anticoagulation and thrombolysis.
  • (13) Information is burgeoning with the advent of molecular genetics, and we anticipate therapeutic options when gene products are discovered.
  • (14) Wednesday's demonstration flight was mostly carrying representatives from Indonesian airlines, which are rapidly expanding to serve a burgeoning middle class in the sprawling archipelago where air travel between islands is a quicker alternative to ferries.
  • (15) This paper examines the ethical issues of conflict of interest raised by the burgeoning development of physician involvement in for-profit entrepreneurial activities outside their practice.
  • (16) Desalination has become the preferred method for water-stressed cities near to coasts to provide clean water for burgeoning populations.
  • (17) Professor Mthuli Ncube, chief economist of the African Development Bank, said that the "Africa rising" narrative is intact, adding: "Even in the face of headwinds, we still see the same drivers in place, if not even stronger, be they political progress in terms of governance and macroeconomic stability or burgeoning domestic demand from the middle class .
  • (18) 4 The DiamondMinecart 62.5m views Daily Minecraft videos, spotlighting the burgeoning community around "mods" for the game.
  • (19) On jobs, De Blasio said his administration would advance a dedicated science, technology, engineering and math program at the City University of New York which will prepare more students for jobs in New York City’s burgeoning tech industry.
  • (20) In the south and west, in contrast, the numbers of faithful are growing fast thanks to a burgeoning Hispanic population.

Forums


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Forum

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
  • (2) The Future Forum is a group of 57 health sector specialists chaired by the Professor Steve Field, the former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
  • (3) Angela Barnes As I understand it, dating websites are supposed to provide a confidential forum for the exchange of personal information between people who do not yet know each other but might like to.
  • (4) Baroness Jenny Tonge, president of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF), said the Cairo agreement was akin to a "Copernicus revolution".
  • (5) On the mothers' internet forum Mumsnet, 44% of women who voted in a post-debate survey said they were now thinking of voting Lib Dem, compared with 23% three weeks ago.
  • (6) One mortgage payer, writing on the MoneySavingExpert forum, said: "They are asking for an extra £200 per month for the remaining nine years of our mortgage.
  • (7) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
  • (8) Last night the EDL said in an emailed statement that it was "not aware of any contact between Breivik and EDL leadership … of anyone using the name Sigurd and the forum".
  • (9) For gene therapy, four significant forums emerged: the President's Commission's Report Splicing Life, the 1982 Congressional Hearings, the OTA Report, and the RAC's Points to Consider document.
  • (10) At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Netanyahu declared he would not “uproot a single settler” from the Jordan Valley.
  • (11) And if you don’t believe what I say, look to the World Economic Forum, hardly a hotbed of feminist thought.” That got a laugh, too – but it was still Clinton’s first big f-bomb of the campaign.
  • (12) Esfandyar Batmanghelidj is organising the second Europe-Iran forum in Geneva in September, which brings Iranian business leaders and foreign investors – including France’s Alstom, the United Arab Emirate’s Aujan, and Italy’s SACE – together.
  • (13) Although only a small section of the site has been excavated, there are baths, luxurious houses, an amphitheatre, a forum, shops, gardens with working fountains and city walls to explore, with many wonderful mosaics still in situ.
  • (14) In the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, it became increasingly apparent to those in advanced practice roles that a forum was needed to provide a supportive milieu in which nursing staff in expanded and advanced practice roles could come together and discuss the clinical needs of patients and nursing practice issues.
  • (15) U is for United States As ever, there will be plenty of American businessmen on parade at the forum, since they like a few days' R&R in the Alps.
  • (16) Within the hospital, detailed and multidisciplinary discussion will need to take place within the forum of the radiation safety committee.
  • (17) These patient groups constituted a forum for discussion and definition of individual treatment goals.
  • (18) No: what people really objected to – again, see the Man Booker forum – was not the genre but the quality.
  • (19) We invite the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to continue its support to the Forum and encourage stakeholders to remain actively engaged in the work of the Forum.
  • (20) There was Paul Nicolaou, the head of the Liberal party fundraising arm the Millennium Forum who, the Icac was told, was getting a $5,000 a month lobbying fee.