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In economics, a period in the trade cycle when the economy is expanding and aggregate demand (total demand for goods and services) is rising quickly. It is characterized by falling or low unemployment but rising inflation.
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Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom -- boom -- boom -- twelve licks; and all still again -- stiller than ever.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
There was a long silence, profound and unbroken; then a deep, sullen boom came floating down out of the distance.
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There'll be a boom in South Africans again one of these days, and then I'll see what I can do for you.
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