as in intensifying
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
this book really deepens our knowledge of how the brain works
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Recent Examples of deepening
Suburbia offered the illusion of moral purity, deepening social segregation as highways allowed a quick access to and from the city centre.
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Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Nvidia will help train and mentor emerging deep tech startups in India as a founding member of a $2 billion investment alliance, deepening its presence in the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
To that end, QVC Group is deepening its partnership with TikTok, a social and e-commerce platform that provides 24/7 shoppable livestream content.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
The company is also deepening its collaborations with Indian shipyards for vessel repair and maintenance activities, signing multiple agreements with different yards to explore repair, maintenance and newbuilding opportunities.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
New Tesla registrations — a proxy for car sales — fell almost 90% in some European countries, deepening the EV maker’s woes.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
India and the United States have formalized a landmark 10-year defense framework aimed at significantly deepening military cooperation, marking a new era in bilateral strategic ties.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Their audiences vary dramatically, but there is unquestionably a gap deepening in real time.
—David Zucker, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Participants agreed that deepening intra-African trade would help drive industrialization across the continent.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Nvidia will help train and mentor emerging deep tech startups in India as a founding member of a $2 billion investment alliance, deepening its presence in the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
To that end, QVC Group is deepening its partnership with TikTok, a social and e-commerce platform that provides 24/7 shoppable livestream content.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
The company is also deepening its collaborations with Indian shipyards for vessel repair and maintenance activities, signing multiple agreements with different yards to explore repair, maintenance and newbuilding opportunities.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
New Tesla registrations — a proxy for car sales — fell almost 90% in some European countries, deepening the EV maker’s woes.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
India and the United States have formalized a landmark 10-year defense framework aimed at significantly deepening military cooperation, marking a new era in bilateral strategic ties.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Their audiences vary dramatically, but there is unquestionably a gap deepening in real time.
—David Zucker, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Participants agreed that deepening intra-African trade would help drive industrialization across the continent.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deepening
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Their approach places them within immediate operational range for amphibious or precision strike missions, intensifying pressure on Caracas as regional tensions climb.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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But, increasingly, events that should appall and unite America against violence instead fuel an intensifying partisanship.—
John Archibald,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sticky candies, on the other hand—like Twizzlers and Starbursts—stay on the teeth longer, heightening the risk of cavities.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Also, by overweighting the same securities through passive vehicles, investors’ holdings look like a sea of sameness, heightening systematic risk and limiting diversification.—
Mike Terwilliger,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gemini is also enhancing Lens in Maps.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Sherman Phoenix board of directors has committed to strengthening leadership and accountability.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Office of Special Education is tasked with supporting and monitoring state compliance and strengthening special education services covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).—
K. Ward Cummings,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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