peaking

verb

present participle of peak
as in surging

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  1. increasing
  2. proliferating
  3. escalating
  4. intensifying
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  • By merging the two failing car companies, Marchionne created the seventh-largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, increasing Fiat’s value more than tenfold.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The company has been gradually increasing its use of AI across back office and customer-facing roles and has introduced an AI chatbot to its website to help customers plan their trips.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • And just as RPOs seem to be spurring a new phase of space warfare, the possibilities for their beneficial, peaceful use are proliferating, too.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Given the rate at which AI is proliferating and becoming increasingly complex, these questions could soon have profound impacts.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • French budget crisis worsens amid student protests France could be on the precipice of a financial crisis, as escalating student protests roiled an already shaky bond market.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The policy laid out four AI safety levels (ranging from the least dangerous models, ASL- 1, to the most dangerous, ASL- 4), with escalating rules and protections at each level.
    — Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of escalating
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  • DeepSeek's decision to open up to external funding was seen as a sign of AI's ballooning capital demand and mounting pressure to retain talent amid intensifying competition.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Why Security Is Becoming Structural, Not Optional AI’s cyber risk is also intensifying.
    — Girish Joshi, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of intensifying
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“Peaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaking. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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