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as in stimulates
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
an important news story that doesn't need to be amped up with sensationalism
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as in intensifies
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amps (up)
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Belber said the event traditionally stimulates the local economy, bringing visitors into hotels, bars, restaurants and retail shops, not to mention the prestige of highlighting the city of Albany in a tournament that draws international broadcast viewers.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
29 Mar. 2026 -
Cumin stimulates the production of digestive enzymes, which can relieve bloating and diarrhea.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Researchers have long recognized that climate change intensifies heat waves.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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Chronic low back or sciatic pain that intensifies monthly may be treated as a musculoskeletal problem.—
Sarah Berg,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile the airport crisis deepens.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those words — simple, direct, enduring — carry the unmistakable weight of a lesson passed down from parent to child, one that only deepens in meaning with loss.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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Expand the technology that directly enhances public safety.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Ford's BlueCruise hands-free highway driving feature also greatly enhances the driving experience by allowing drivers to set their speeds, lanes and following distances and monitor the journey.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes these shifts are small, noticeable only to the character experiencing them, as when an impending hurricane heightens the narrator’s receptivity to the minor mysteries of humble objects.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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And casting Sarah Michelle in that part heightens all of that.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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Security strengthens as finance-conscious Venus conjoins fertile Chiron in your 2nd House of Logistics, bolstering your capacity to be practical without losing that characteristic Pisces whimsy.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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Tschacher and colleagues showed in 2024 that music can align listeners’ physiological responses and attention patterns—and that even when people aren’t feeling exactly the same emotion, the synchronicity of their reactions alone strengthens the sense of shared experience.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Amps (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amps%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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