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Recent Examples of amplification
Del Rio was using a microphone and amplification device — in violation of a city ordinance — to shout down those at the vigil and was asked to leave multiple times, according to a police report provided to Fox News Digital.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Get the right executive content in front of the right buyers at the right time, whether through engagement or amplification, and suddenly the door is a little easier to open.
—Sarah Goodall, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Habitaat recorded without speakers or extra amplification, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Some viewers will be fully immersed in the horror and despair of the moment, while others may have greater misgivings regarding Ben Hania’s layering of tearjerker tactics over material that hardly requires extra emotional amplification.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Get the right executive content in front of the right buyers at the right time, whether through engagement or amplification, and suddenly the door is a little easier to open.
—Sarah Goodall, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Habitaat recorded without speakers or extra amplification, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Some viewers will be fully immersed in the horror and despair of the moment, while others may have greater misgivings regarding Ben Hania’s layering of tearjerker tactics over material that hardly requires extra emotional amplification.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amplification
Noun
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Russ steals some latex molds from his movie makeup artist father and transforms himself into Chad with a shaggy wig, a mustache, buck teeth and chin, lip and nose enhancements.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The aesthetic adhered to the made-to-look effortless approach sweeping fashion season now, in which products are used for natural enhancements only, and hairstyling is kept to a minimum.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In addition to Holladay, Cordelia Smith-Johnson, a Democrat from Sherwood, and Bo Renshaw, a Republican from North Little Rock, have already announced their candidacies for the seat.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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With the addition and elevation of Schwenz, the union looks to be changing up its strategy around negotiations communication ahead of next year’s bargaining.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is such a magnification of that.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Both OSes offer Braille support, screen magnification, sticky and slow key entry, text narration, and voice input.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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The theory is going to be put to the test in more stringent ways against Philadelphia on Sunday and beyond, but an adjustment made before Denver’s 28-3 Week 4 win appears to have paid immediate dividends for the two backs and for Denver’s offense overall.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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With the clock ticking on LA’s aging core — the team lost 16 goals from age adjustment heading into the season, the worst mark of the league — a misstep like this could be crushing.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The decision in Gardner’s favor could become a significant ruling for celebrities who use humor, exaggeration and sarcasm that some might find inappropriate when responding to strangers on social media platforms.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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What could have been a slapdash dish in lesser hands was, at the risk of exaggeration and without question, one of my favorite bites of the year.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The structural modification creates a weaker, more optimal interaction with zinc ions compared to the original TEP molecule.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The strike comes after Joël Lightbound, the minister responsible for Canada Post, detailed a number of modifications to the national postal service, including the end of door-to-door mail service, termination of the rural moratorium on post office closures, and more.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, these don’t exhibit such dramatic alterations in brightness.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Soft drink consumption and depression mediated by gut microbiome alterations.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Steganos Safe and Folder Lock are among the apps that can shred a drive’s free space, effectively applying secure deletion to already deleted files.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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So, the researchers looked at where these hox genes were active in fish with and without the deletion.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Amplification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amplification. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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