as in increased
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 augmented
And research has shown that skilled field trades like those that service the electric system stand to be augmented, not replaced, by artificial intelligence tools such as predictive maintenance and remote diagnostics.
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Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Panchagnula champions augmented intelligence—where AI amplifies human expertise rather than replaces it, using human-in-the-loop workflows.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
After being uploaded, some videos have been subtly augmented, their appearance changing without their creators doing anything.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
African lenders are now exploring the use of customer data to build personalized offerings, while offering support augmented by AI.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Panchagnula champions augmented intelligence—where AI amplifies human expertise rather than replaces it, using human-in-the-loop workflows.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
After being uploaded, some videos have been subtly augmented, their appearance changing without their creators doing anything.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
African lenders are now exploring the use of customer data to build personalized offerings, while offering support augmented by AI.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augmented
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In April, the Legislature approved a bill that increased per-student funding for public schools from $7,771 to $8,162.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their answers varied greatly, but one area of consensus is that the plan has pulled more state agencies and rural regions into the conversation, which has increased overall awareness of the problem.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, President Biden expanded the protections so more Venezuelans who had arrived in recent years could benefit.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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What started as a walking tour of the historic Chickasaw neighborhood in 2012, during his years as president of the local neighborhood association, has since expanded to cover the other nine neighborhoods, after Taylor was awarded a fellowship through the Filson Historical Society in 2023.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Newton redefines robot physics The beta release of Newton Physics Engine, announced today, is open-source, GPU-accelerated, and managed by the Linux Foundation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Government initiatives have accelerated this shift.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Concerns about its football pipeline dragged shares down by double digits, but several weeks ago optimism about the upcoming release of Battlefield 6 boosted the stock again.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Memory bandwidth is also boosted from 135 GB/s to a maximum of 228 GB/s in the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Augmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmented. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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