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
That visual vocabulary has been extended to the second season, augmented by a new black Daredevil suit with a red double D emblem on the chest—straight out of the 2010 Shadowland comic storyline.
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ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
Most of what would be free cash flow among Amazon , Alphabet , Meta and Microsoft is now being handed to the hardware providers, augmented by some borrowing.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Workflows were dismantled, not augmented.
—Drew Cukor, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Russia soon augmented its capabilities by acquiring Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 loitering munitions from Iran.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
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ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
Most of what would be free cash flow among Amazon , Alphabet , Meta and Microsoft is now being handed to the hardware providers, augmented by some borrowing.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Workflows were dismantled, not augmented.
—Drew Cukor, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Russia soon augmented its capabilities by acquiring Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 loitering munitions from Iran.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
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Despite initial efforts to cool the tank and its contents, incident commander Craig Covey said on May 23 the internal temperature of the tank had increased to 90 degrees, rising about a degree an hour.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
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Climate volatility increased, losses became harder to predict, and the cost of absorbing risk rose.—
Richard McCathron,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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As technological access and capacity expanded, so too did use-cases.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Under pressure, the government expanded access to the SIM cards to some professions during the shutdown.—
Amir-Hussein Radjy,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Datacentre revenues accelerated from an ARR of $250bn and 75% YoY growth (4Q) to an ARR of $300bn and 92% growth YoY (1Q).—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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The telegraph accelerated financial markets and compressed geography.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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The Levada Center is the only independent organization that has regularly conducted surveys in Russia, showing how the war in Ukraine originally boosted Putin’s approval rating to 87%, up from a low of 59% in 2020.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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The war has boosted the cost of fuels, with average US gasoline prices hitting the highest since 2022 this month.—
Nicholas Lua,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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“Augmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmented. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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