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Recent Examples of augmentation Around two months after her breast augmentation, Sandra said her right side became painful, and the skin was turning yellow-brown and purple like a bruise. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 13 July 2026 In a song, a chorus returns largely unchanged, accumulating emotional force through augmentation. Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 Well, with decades of audio augmentation experience, Creative kind of knocked it out of the park with this little soundbar's SuperWide mode. Joe Salas july 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026 Human augmentation matters more than replacing humans, and in the age of electronic warfare, logistics is becoming as strategically important as firepower. Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for augmentation
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Noun
  • The city says there was a large increase in complaints in May, likely due to the end of the school year.
    Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The vaccine included a mumps strain called Urabe that was linked to an increase in meningitis in about 1 in 900 people who got that country’s original MMR vaccine — a higher rate than expected.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • If your shampoo of choice doesn’t have peppermint as a critical ingredient, try adding a few drops to the bottle for a boost.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The problem appears especially glaring in thinner fields that could desperately use a boost in the competition — like this year’s limited series crop.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Such headwinds are unfamiliar for Reform, which had previously been in the ascendancy, leading national opinion polls and enjoying historic gains in local elections.
    Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Later in the game, Williams caught a downfield hitch and broke a tackle for a 25-yard gain.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Then there’s the hotel’s latest addition as of April, The Baths.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Marc Cucurella’s transfer to Madrid and Lucas Digne’s to PSG are the only new additions to the list from this summer’s window.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Augmentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmentation. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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