as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
our volleyball team was augmented by some of the exchange team's players
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Recent Examples of augment
In Newport Beach, one of the charter cities in Orange County, the Police Department is augmented by a contractor to help monitor parking issues.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Even Cadillac offers an iPad-like interface augmented by a screen wheel, volume knob, and quick keys in its EVs and the latest Escalade.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
Anthopoulos wants a big gun Obviously, the Braves are shopping to augment their starting rotation.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Rather than replacing existing sensors, lower-cost lidar would likely augment them, adding redundancy and improving performance in complex environments that are challenging for electronic perception systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2026
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Even Cadillac offers an iPad-like interface augmented by a screen wheel, volume knob, and quick keys in its EVs and the latest Escalade.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
Anthopoulos wants a big gun Obviously, the Braves are shopping to augment their starting rotation.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Rather than replacing existing sensors, lower-cost lidar would likely augment them, adding redundancy and improving performance in complex environments that are challenging for electronic perception systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augment
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As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, Ukraine’s birth rate is collapsing, with increasing number of people struggling with fertility or putting off the decision to have children.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Climate mandates The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, like Eversource, says state climate mandates and policies are the main driver behind increasing utility bills in the Bay State, specifically naming the NetZero by 2050 climate mandate.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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Integrating unmanned logistics The Army continues to expand its use of unmanned systems across air and ground domains.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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However, according to a draft of its charter, its mission has since expanded to address conflicts worldwide.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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By doing this, the team effectively took a motor designed to accelerate a dirt bike aggressively and put it into a tiny quadricycle roughly the size of a fridge.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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The moment land became a milestone, the campaign accelerated.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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The new models show that rotation significantly boosts the mixing power of these waves.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Emil Iverson, who's also from Trondheim, spent much of the past year shadowing Klæbo in an attempt to boost his own fitness and skills — even traveling to a training camp in Utah with him.—
Nathaniel Herz,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Augment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augment. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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