overgrowing

verb

present participle of overgrow
as in proliferating

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  1. proliferating
  2. flourishing
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  • Clothing waste is proliferating across the globe, and Australia is one of the top garment consuming countries.
    — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • And this doesn’t solve the problem of proliferating AI music.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of proliferating
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  • His relationship with Amad, too, is flourishing as the Ivorian grows in confidence in pre-season.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The real questions are whether or not the business is flourishing and whether the decisions made along the way have positioned both the company and family for long-term success.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of flourishing
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“Overgrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrowing. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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