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
African lenders are now exploring the use of customer data to build personalized offerings, while offering support augmented by AI.
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The Miami Hurricanes augmented their defensive backfield in the second portal cycle with two Southeastern Conference veterans.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Or the state could create a dedicated fund for local infrastructure to be augmented in years of high income tax revenues.
—Bill Fulton, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
The small black bag was augmented by Wang’s dramatic black sunglasses.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The Miami Hurricanes augmented their defensive backfield in the second portal cycle with two Southeastern Conference veterans.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Or the state could create a dedicated fund for local infrastructure to be augmented in years of high income tax revenues.
—Bill Fulton, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
The small black bag was augmented by Wang’s dramatic black sunglasses.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augmented
Verb
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That Carroll took such umbrage only increased Harbaugh’s smile, making for a better story.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of timepiece brands increased their prices, too, in response to those initial tariff figures back in April, according to Hodinkee.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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By 2019, Kirk expanded into electoral politics with Turning Point Action, a 501(c)(4) that allowed his network to directly campaign for Republicans.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The independent brand picked up momentum in secondary channels in May, when turnover rose to 36 percent and accelerated further in June, peaking at 43 percent.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
8 Sep. 2025
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In addition, Borenstein has accelerated the brand’s progress toward its sustainability commitments, including climate-positive by 2025 and a new commitment to be fully circular by 2030.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Silksong just passed up yesterday’s 562,000 concurrent Steam playercount record, a stunning number for a $20 indie game, though obviously boosted by its mythological status after seven years of waiting from fans.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The inability, or decision not, to sell players who would have boosted the club’s spending power is a subjective call made by United’s key decision-makers that will never sit right with some supporters.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Augmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmented. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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