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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
escalate
/ˈɛskəˌleɪt/
verb
To become greater or more serious step by step.
- “Housing costs escalated quickly in the largest cities.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))