What is "proliferated"

Usage examples of "proliferated".

Restaurants featuring all types of Italian food proliferated at the turn of the century, virtually everywhere in the United States.

Contrary to popular belief, however, the hamburger trade in the 1950s was not really dominated by the giant fast-food chains that proliferated in the latter part of the decade.

As fast-food chains proliferated, White Castle and its famous hamburgers still enjoyed a loyal following built up in its more than thirty years in business.

As these giant chains proliferated to tens of thousands of units, White Castle remained comparatively small, adding a few Castles each year and moving into suburban markets only when its own capital became available.

Episodes of mob violence proliferated in the major cities of the world, and mass slayings by armed lunatics occurred almost daily.

King Verity in his quest proliferated beyond all common sense, ascribing powers to FitzChivalry that raise the Bastard to the status of a near-deity.

And as the organism aged, the mysteries proliferated, whole colonies of them black as the spaces between the stars, and as numerous.