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advancement or increase in power or importance
He acted only for his political advantage and personal aggrandizement. self-aggrandizement
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Recent Examples of aggrandizement
There needs to be a better system of Parks & Beaches member selection, rather than the current process that reinforces the aggrandizement of the existing members … especially if La Jolla is to be its own city.
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Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
The show, which originally confined itself to the claustrophobic ecosystem of the trading floor, has expanded to include the grubby workings of British media and politics, and to show the intersection of the country’s landed aristocracy with other, newer forms of class aggrandizement.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
His actual goal is aggrandizement.
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Shikha Dalmia,
Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2025
And there were many others in the floundering nation-states of Asia and Africa who succumbed to the American ideology of individual aggrandizement and self-cherishing.
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Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
The show, which originally confined itself to the claustrophobic ecosystem of the trading floor, has expanded to include the grubby workings of British media and politics, and to show the intersection of the country’s landed aristocracy with other, newer forms of class aggrandizement.
—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
His actual goal is aggrandizement.
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Shikha Dalmia,
Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2025
And there were many others in the floundering nation-states of Asia and Africa who succumbed to the American ideology of individual aggrandizement and self-cherishing.
—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrandizement
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Audit your current succession planning process this quarter and implement a mechanism that allows employees to self-nominate for advancement opportunities, ensuring that career trajectories are shaped by direct employee input rather than managerial assumptions.
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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.
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Make the dough: Add the flour, whole eggs, egg yolk (reserve the white for brushing on later), honey, oil, ground coriander, orange zest and salt to the preferment.
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The evolution of the dough at Flour + Water OG was inspired by their research and development at Flour + Water Pizzeria and the findings of what a preferment does to the complexity of that dough.
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The scene of Margaret’s self-confrontation is an extraordinary combination of exaltation and kitsch.
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Her understanding — and exaltation — of womanhood has also been a strength.
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But for the significant conservative Catholic population in Poland, the route's popularity amounted to an inappropriate glorification of evil, and after much lobbying, local operator PKS Gdynia changed the route number from 666 to 669 three years ago.
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The glorification of criminals who attack the rich is not new — think Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger — and experts say this is often amplified in times of income inequity and economic turmoil.
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The platform learns client preferences—from aircraft type to onboard amenities to destinations—for customized use.
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That can be fine for travelers who are flexible, but less ideal for anyone sensitive to noise or motion, or with a preference to be close to an elevator, for example.
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That’s exactly how Comber — now store director, after a promotion — has used it.
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Amron, Dane, Amanda and Alondra bring deep relationships and a modern understanding of the business, and Chinazam and Kashia have each earned these promotions through hard work and strong instincts.
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The 50mm object lenses admit plenty of light and the 18x magnification brings the cosmos closer than some telescopes.
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To build the dataset, Cheng used a DSLR camera paired with a high-magnification zoom lens to photograph mosquitoes and generate training data for the computer vision model.
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“Aggrandizement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrandizement. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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