aggrandizing

verb

present participle of aggrandize
1
as in elevating
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 increasing
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 aggrandizing
  1. elevating
  2. increasing
  3. promoting
  4. expanding
  5. accelerating
  6. augmenting
  7. boosting
Verb
  • His stature as the greatest ever keeps rising, elevating, growing.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • After having given up on the medium, King discovered these writers elevating superhero stories into a prestige art form.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of elevating
Verb
  • After months of decline, gas prices across the country are steadily increasing after the fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States broke down last week.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Medicare regulators on Tuesday proposed to ban vendors from providing remote patient monitoring services on behalf of doctors, a major policy change for a rapidly growing care model that’s been the subject of increasing scrutiny.
    — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 15 July 2026
Definition of increasing
Verb
  • Lemon balm, which aids sleep by promoting relaxation and reducing anxiety.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • Ads promoting Democratic candidates, on the other hand, shy away from specific policy proposals.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 July 2026
Definition of promoting
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  • The stores may keep expanding, franchisees may continue earning attractive returns, and debt may come down faster than expected.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The adviser told me that, even without drastically expanding the budget or upending the financial markets, Burnham could borrow a bit more to finance public-infrastructure investments and channel money to depressed regions.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of expanding
Verb
  • Surging tensions across the Middle East strangled shipping traffic, driving energy prices higher and raising the specter of accelerating inflation worldwide.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • There is plenty of performance available, particularly when accelerating from 30 to 70mph.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of accelerating
Verb
  • The greatest value of AI lies not in replacing people but in augmenting their capabilities.
    — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The real value of AI lies in augmenting the capacity of intellectually curious people with specialized training, sound judgment, and genuine human empathy.
    — Wayne Berson, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of augmenting
Verb
  • By artificially boosting the number on the sensor, this person won about $20,000.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • But lest anyone consider this bringing political commentary into music, Cain preemptively insisted that, in boosting his brand of patriotism, this didn’t count.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of boosting
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