soaring

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of soar

noun

  1. The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

adj

  1. (sometimes figurative) assurgent, ascending
    Soaring fuel prices make U.S. energy policy one of the hottest issues of the presidential campaign https://web.archive.org/web/20090207211354/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_574218.html.

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