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Writers! Please don't use "exponentially", which has a precise meaning, in place of a more modest word such as "greatly".

> "China buying and building An-225s would exponentially increase its power capabilities not just in Asia, but across the world."

Maybe the exponent is really small, like 1.01

I'm sure that with a few more years of improper usage it will go the way of literally, which literally means either literally or figuratively.