aggrandizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of aggrandize
1
as in elevates
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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2
as in increases
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 Synonyms for aggrandizes
  1. elevates
  2. increases
  3. promotes
  4. expands
  5. dignifies
  6. accelerates
  7. augments
  8. boosts
Verb
  • However, the fresh look is what truly elevates it from other Marvel titles, a testament to how cross-cultural collaboration brings out the best in art.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The sleek, slip-on style instantly elevates the most basic outfit with that classic mule-meets-loafer design, while the flat bottoms provide all-day comfort.
    — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of elevates
Verb
  • Leaders should ask whether a new location grows the customer base, deepens existing relationships, or increases purchase frequency or spending enough to offset channel substitution.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the price of doing so is constantly rising, as technology increases the range and magnitude of horrible possibilities.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of increases
Verb
  • An adult user usually has a preferred seat height that promotes comfort and security.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Eli Lilly is also suing Aesthetic Envy, a California med spa that promotes retatrutide, and Striker Pharmacy, which has made a version of the experimental drug.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of promotes
Verb
  • This new effort expands on individual airline trials to try mitigating contrails across an entire flight corridor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Under the new partnership, the companies will work together to develop, finance and produce original features, formalizing an ongoing creative relationship as Watch This Ready expands its slate across independent and studio-backed projects.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of expands
Verb
  • The recognizing states will have to step up, too, by making their security guarantees concrete and by helping shape a Palestinian state that does not threaten its neighbors and dignifies its people by providing functioning institutions and proper services.
    — SHIRA EFRON, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Definition of dignifies
Verb
  • Flora started as a set of professional tools for creatives that accelerates workflows by combining top AI text, image, and video models.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • While rising college-going rates helped university entrants grow to 640,000 over that period, the government projects that number will fall to about 510,000 by 2040 as demographic decline accelerates.
    — Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of accelerates
Verb
  • That’s the process of a centaur, who gets to choose and direct the technology that augments his work.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Technology that augments humans spreads prosperity, but technology built to imitate and substitute for them concentrates it.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of augments
Verb
  • Nvidia typically provides financial backing to help AI partners raise debt, which boosts Nvidia's chip revenue as the nature of such deals has ginned up concerns over concentrated risk in the technology sector.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Diversification boosts profits and spreads risk, reducing dependence on any single commodity or corridor.
    — Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of boosts
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