As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
VOLATILIZING
Verb
volatilizing
present participle of volatilize
Source: Wiktionary
VOLATILIZE
Vol"a*til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volatilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Volatilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. volatiliser.]
Definition: To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor. The water . . . dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it by the action. Sir I. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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