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Six example sentences with burgeon, each labelled with its topic.
Signups burgeoned after the demo video circulated, and the support inbox went from nine messages a day to four hundred.
Startups
Algae burgeon in the warm shallows every August, turning a clear lake opaque within a fortnight.
Environment
Coastal cities burgeoned once the railway reached them, doubling in population before anyone had drawn a proper sewer plan.
Economics
Open-source projects burgeon once a few companies start paying maintainers, and the plugin list doubled in a year.
Technology
Bacteria burgeon in the warm broth overnight, turning a clear flask cloudy by the time the lab opens.
Science
Small lenders burgeoned after the rule change, and forty new firms opened offices in the capital within months.
Finance
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- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency Words
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE Words
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)
- Magoosh GRE 1000
- PrepScholar 357 GRE Words
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)
- PowerScore GRE Repeat Offenders (699)
- GregMat 960 GRE Words
- MajorTests SAT 1000
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