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as in elevated
to assign a high status or value to
a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes
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as in increased
to make greater in size, amount, or number
a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection
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Recent Examples of aggrandized
Its character is aggrandized posh.
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Christopher Robbins, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
Vrabel has modernized, professionalized and aggrandized the Patriots in a matter of months.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Christopher Robbins, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
Vrabel has modernized, professionalized and aggrandized the Patriots in a matter of months.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrandized
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Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty The stage was festooned with balloons and a giant image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since being elevated to the position after the killing of his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Are more acute vulnerabilities being exposed by the rise in yields, and will elevated inflation expectations create an undertow to equity valuations?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The lead times for high-voltage transformers, essential for grid interconnection, have increased to as long as four years.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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On Darlene Lane, the flow of contamination increased in late April and continues to seep into their neighbor’s yard.—
Nick Bowlin,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
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He’d been promoted to colonel after the death of Joshua Fry, but that simply meant that all the responsibility for the defeat at Fort Necessity fell on his shoulders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Slayyyter promoted the album with a performance at Coachella in April.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
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The tweaks to Smugglers Run follow big changes to Galaxy’s Edge, as Disney recently expanded the land’s timeline to feature classic, fan-favorite characters such as Darth Vader, Han, Luke and Leia.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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In his Texas speech, Thomas expanded on that idea.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Within a few moments, Mackenzie suddenly accelerated her car to 100 mph and crashed it into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Notion reached $500 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, and growth has accelerated every month since May when the company introduced AI agents to search through files or summarize meetings.—
Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Traditional three-tier applications are being augmented with agentic stacks.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Harry Styles' stage is a pop playground Styles’ laudable core band – anchored by his longtime drummer, the indefatigable Sarah Jones, who makes tricky beats look simple – was augmented by strings and horns on several tracks, a testament to his ambitious musical aspirations.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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In reaction to the strong Q1 print, TD Cowen analyst Joshua Buchalter reiterated a buy rating on AMD stock and boosted his price target to $500 from $290.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
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The state’s political ethics watchdog is investigating the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer and an influencer who boosted him online for potentially violating a state law on political advertisements.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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By then Zero had multiplied — there were now eight puppies in a box.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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This is due to too many undercard fights, Netflix airing ads during their live events, as well as the streamer milking the whole endeavor for as long as possible to increase their viewership numbers, since Netflix measures its viewership by views multiplied by hours watched.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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“Aggrandized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrandized. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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