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heat up

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  1. Become acute or intense, as in If inflation heats up, the interest rate will surely rise, or The debate over the budget was heating up. [Early 1200s]

Example Sentences

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Inflation is looking like it’s heating up in the first quarter, agreed Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets.

From MarketWatch

Inflation is looking like it is heating up in the first quarter, agreed Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets.

From MarketWatch

Over the years, Amazon has lost some top AI personnel as the market for talent has heated up.

From The Wall Street Journal

If medical care services were to heat up, that could push up PCE inflation.

From Barron's

I have one colleague who loves to use that expression when the discussion is heating up.

From The Wall Street Journal

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