as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the little problems we ignored began to snowball into huge headaches
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Recent Examples of snowballed
This year, the Blizzard Bash has snowballed into a week-long tour for Opus’ band Dead by Wednesday and the California band Skinlab, which hasn’t played the East Coast in years.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
So the public hunt kicked off in November when the book came out and it's really snowballed in interest since then.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
After designing staff outfits for Copenhagen culinary shrine Noma about 10 years ago, things snowballed from there, explained Thuesen, who is also from Denmark.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
The problems snowballed in the fall of 2022.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Initially called the Macy's Christmas Parade, the event snowballed from its inaugural year in 1924, adding floats, balloons, celebrity performances, and much more.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Tension built throughout the 17-minute speech, during which members of the public shouted an anti-Israel slogan, and its conclusion set off a reaction in the museum hall that snowballed in the news media.
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Over the voucher program’s first four years, the number of new segregation academies that received public dollars snowballed from two to 49.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2024
Toward the end of the journey, my second-guessing snowballed into a crisis of conscience.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
So the public hunt kicked off in November when the book came out and it's really snowballed in interest since then.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
After designing staff outfits for Copenhagen culinary shrine Noma about 10 years ago, things snowballed from there, explained Thuesen, who is also from Denmark.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
The problems snowballed in the fall of 2022.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Initially called the Macy's Christmas Parade, the event snowballed from its inaugural year in 1924, adding floats, balloons, celebrity performances, and much more.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Tension built throughout the 17-minute speech, during which members of the public shouted an anti-Israel slogan, and its conclusion set off a reaction in the museum hall that snowballed in the news media.
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Over the voucher program’s first four years, the number of new segregation academies that received public dollars snowballed from two to 49.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2024
Toward the end of the journey, my second-guessing snowballed into a crisis of conscience.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowballed
Verb
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The case occurred in a trial that quickly increased the dose of the pill over a short period of time, the spokesperson said.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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Instead of service being needed every 3,000 miles, it is expected to be increased to a range of 15,000 to 20,000 miles.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In terms of the design, the mix of rose gold and rhodium plating on the dial brings an industrial feel to the timepieces.—
Sophie Furley,
Robb Report,
24 Dec. 2024
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Novo Nordisk’s Fundamentals Over Recent Years Novo Nordisk’s revenue rose over 2x from 127 billion DKK in 2020 to 271 billion DKK for the last twelve-month period.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The rebuild accelerated after Indiana traded then-two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, along with Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson at the 2022 trade deadline.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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But a rebuild can be accelerated a lot with a special player like Haliburton.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The White House did note that the tariffs can be expanded.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Listed in Hong Kong, Prada has expanded rapidly under Miuccia and Bertelli, owning other brands including the fast-growing Miu Miu and Church’s shoes.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Spending on apparel and electronics also climbed at a solid pace.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
26 Dec. 2024
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In the video, Ciara stood in the aisle while her kids — Future, Win, Sienna and Amora — climbed on top of her.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Snowballed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowballed. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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