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as in to increase
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
as the number of people with cell phones enlarges, more transmission towers will have to be built
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as in to expand
to make greater in size, amount, or number
with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house
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as in to free
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about
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There was broad expectation of another run at enlarging Shasta Dam as well as rewriting the meticulous daily management of CVP pumping operations in the Delta.
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Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
Having succumbed to madness, Hopper’s character worships Kurtz, crediting him as a warrior poet who has enlarged his mind, among other superlatives.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If the exteriors were constrained to faithful re-creations, the interiors offered vessels for experimentation, with two-story volumes carved out of both homes, rear windows reconfigured or enlarged, and ceiling height added by raising the roof and digging into the basement.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
The heavy core of Theia sank deep into Earth, enlarging our planet's core.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
Having succumbed to madness, Hopper’s character worships Kurtz, crediting him as a warrior poet who has enlarged his mind, among other superlatives.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If the exteriors were constrained to faithful re-creations, the interiors offered vessels for experimentation, with two-story volumes carved out of both homes, rear windows reconfigured or enlarged, and ceiling height added by raising the roof and digging into the basement.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
The heavy core of Theia sank deep into Earth, enlarging our planet's core.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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The European Union has unveiled an $840 billion plan to increase its defense spending, and the German parliament just passed historic constitutional amendments to take on unprecedented levels of debt to facilitate a massive defense investment.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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This initiative is driven by the goal of establishing a closed-loop raw material cycle and acknowledging the increasing significance of recycled materials in future battery production.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2025
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In 2024, the league took concrete steps in that direction, expanding the number of international roster spots from five per team to seven.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Now that the charter will expand the incoming council to nine members, if the bill is adopted, changing the line would require six council member votes.—
Luke Parker,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2025
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But the original poster disagreed, arguing that the line was in fact freeing.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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By eliminating or at least reducing manual, error-prone processes, these applications free up finance teams to focus on strategic initiatives like scaling operations and optimizing capital allocation.—
Carlos Vega,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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These luxe hydrogel eye masks, infused with antioxidant-rich colloidal gold and soothing rose damask extract, brighten and boost radiance in the delicate under-eye area.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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Single-family housing starts rose 11.4 percent in February, the highest rate in a year, but are primarily happening in just one part of the country.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The improved coding and long-context capabilities could accelerate software development cycles, enabling developers to tackle more complex problems, analyze legacy code more effectively, or generate code documentation and tests more efficiently.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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This process can accelerate movement toward extreme issue-position groups and identities.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of Hannah Jackson Eighty years ago today, on April 11, 1945, Morris was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, Germany.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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In liberating Hollywood movies from the social context, younger viewers also liberated them from their commercial roots, from the very notion of popularity, which was central to Kael’s understanding of the art of movies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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Before the pandemic, Jackson County Public Health had about 30 employees, but swelled to about 120 during the crisis.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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The agency hopes the undertaking will accommodate population swells on Fort Worth’s western outskirts.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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The rubber match has augmented stakes in a Tournament field with increasing parity.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Attention also could be paid to dismantling foreign anticompetitive market distortions, in order to augment the benefits achieved through the Task Force.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Enlarge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarge. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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