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boom ((3)) ((n.)) 3 † 
n. a sudden increase in business activity; entry into a period of prosperity.
- 1882 Winnipeg in common with other Manitoba towns, has been enjoying an unprecedented boom in real estate, and prices have been soaring in the skies.
- 1964 The Hamilton Falls power project . . . isn't the first boom that Peter Newman has written about.
- 1882 Winnipeg in common with other Manitoba towns, has been enjoying an unprecedented boom in real estate, and prices have been soaring in the skies.