as in to add (to)
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The 23-year-old has embraced Fernandez’s challenge, averaging a career-best 3.4 assists this season, but obviously still has ways to go to maximize his potential in that regard.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025 -
Targeted incentives: Rather than across-the-board raises, targeted incentives for specific shortage areas and high-need schools maximize limited resources.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Talent impacts: Automation of repetitive tasks may decrease offshoring appeal and increase demand for advanced skills.—
Mit Somaiya,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2025
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Israel has also increased public funding for projects by Israeli filmmakers from West Bank settlements — the very enterprise that the film No Other Land criticizes as taking over Palestinian homes and land.—
Nuha Musleh,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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Even a snarky Come Dine with Me-style voiceover would pump up the jam (literally and figuratively).—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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But in the meantime, Trump’s words alone can pump up the price, raising even more concerns about his and his administration’s potential conflicts of interest.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Mar. 2025
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This is more closely aligned with Washington’s efforts to build up domestic chip manufacturing, which began in earnest with the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act .—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Conrad called steel guitarist Justin Schipper in to augment the band the next day at The Smoakstack, a studio loaded with guitars — and ceramic figures — in Nashville’s Berry Hill neighborhood.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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Possibilities include accelerating drug discovery, augmenting preclinical or clinical research, predicting potential product quality issues and optimizing testing protocols.—
Aman Wasan,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, this has accelerated in recent weeks with the administration punishing the Associated Press for editorial decisions and attacking reporters by name.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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On the surface, this shift has the potential to accelerate China’s ascent as a global power, potentially granting the world’s second-largest economy space to win more allies, boost its global leadership and shift global norms and rules – such as those on human rights or security – in its favor.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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The song has made its way onto the Rain Man and Hangover soundtracks, been covered by the Grateful Dead, and was recently revived (or destroyed) with a rendition that blew up on TikTok.—
Harriet Shepherd,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Origins of Matcha While matcha may have blown up on social media this year, this drink actually dates back to the Tang Dynasty in China and was brought over to Japan by a Buddhist monk over 900 years ago.—
Lauryn Jiles,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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Stronger relations with Russia could also jeopardize the U.S.'s role mediating peace negotiations with Ukraine and draw out the war.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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But in Europe, a momentous political shift was under way, with street protests against the Russian invasion drawing out hundreds of thousands of people.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Bump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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