| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1999 : 18 October 1999 |
escalate - A technical term in news headlines, meaning that the
story can be skipped because it reports an unchanged situation.
Usage:
"Russia Escalates Chechnya Attacks"
"China Escalates War of Words"
"Escalating Reader Dissatisfaction Spurs Journalism Reform"
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