What does burgeoning mean?
Burgeoning means present participle and gerund of burgeon.
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/ˈbɜː.d͡ʒə.nɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of burgeon.
burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.
Among those who study authoritarian regimes, a consensus has emerged that [US president Donald Trump's] early moves display common characteristics of burgeoning autocracies.
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Burgeoning means present participle and gerund of burgeon.
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burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.
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