as in increasing
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 augmenting
Courtesy Deirdre Hall When reading women’s routine mammograms, radiologists are increasingly augmenting their eyes with artificial intelligence.
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Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
The British royal family member accessorized her look with gold earrings by English designer Daniella Draper — donning a pair of mini hoops with shamrock charms in gold, further augmenting the fall shades of her ensemble.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
The offense and entire team were built around augmenting his greatness.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Many allies are already increasing defense spending and augmenting their military capabilities, but this is only a start.
—Mariano-Florentino CuÉllar, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
Pursuing further the idea of viewing AI as a collaborator rather than a competitor, a savvy therapist will realize that pairing up with AI is a useful means of augmenting their therapeutic practice.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That product was built from the ground up around AI and was possible only because of AI, as opposed to augmenting an existing product with AI.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Their ability to market such brands within these sources proves their brand message augmenting capability.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
These results suggest the wearable could play an important role in augmenting physical therapy for patients working to regain mobility.
—Mack Degeurin Aug 21, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
The British royal family member accessorized her look with gold earrings by English designer Daniella Draper — donning a pair of mini hoops with shamrock charms in gold, further augmenting the fall shades of her ensemble.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
The offense and entire team were built around augmenting his greatness.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Many allies are already increasing defense spending and augmenting their military capabilities, but this is only a start.
—Mariano-Florentino CuÉllar, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
Pursuing further the idea of viewing AI as a collaborator rather than a competitor, a savvy therapist will realize that pairing up with AI is a useful means of augmenting their therapeutic practice.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That product was built from the ground up around AI and was possible only because of AI, as opposed to augmenting an existing product with AI.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Their ability to market such brands within these sources proves their brand message augmenting capability.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
These results suggest the wearable could play an important role in augmenting physical therapy for patients working to regain mobility.
—Mack Degeurin Aug 21, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for augmenting
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Many are pulling six-day work weeks with mandatory overtime, and increasing numbers have begun calling out as the financial strain and exhaustion mount.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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The military is striking the boats at the same time the administration is applying increasing pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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The concept is expanding into practice in the state as a solution to regional food distribution challenges.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dark energy was introduced as a placeholder force to explain this accelerating expansion.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The expansion rate of the universe may be slowing down, rather than accelerating at an ever-growing rate, a potentially groundbreaking new study has hinted.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Virk has so far played a key role in driving momentum in the US, transforming it into Vestiaire Collective’s largest market, which she will be tasked with furthering while boosting brand awareness.—
Vogue Business Team,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
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Advocates for rent reporting, from nonprofits to members of Congress, have touted it as a way for those with thin or non-existent credit files to start building or boosting their creditworthiness.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Augmenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmenting. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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