dilates

present tense third-person singular of dilate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilates
Verb
  • More cars mean more accidents, and more accidents lead to more lawsuits which always inflates the cost of claims.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The decoy unfolds from a compact square box and inflates into a full-size F-35 replica within minutes.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The uptick in confrontations comes as the administration increases its efforts to deport millions of undocumented migrants, an approach critics say has led to aggressive enforcement tactics, due process violations and the mistreatment of migrants.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Denton's study increases the possible window of Herschel's formation from one million years to ten million.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anything that perturbs or enlarges the prostate could in theory increase PSA levels.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With the new format the page jumps forward or back for no reason, the page only enlarges a little, and where’s the editorial cartoon?
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The quantum computer at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in San Sebastian expands the region’s embrace of the technology that started years ago—one that has also served to unite scientists across the continent.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Harrison Dickinson’s feature directorial debut expands to more than 100 runs nationally on 10/17.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Avery’s model augments the traditional VC model.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • To enhance the verisimilitude of his wraparound segment, Cheel augments the fictional story of alien-contact footage discovered at a yard sale with nonfiction asides about UFO culture.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its low-code structure not only simplifies integration but also accelerates deployment, enabling companies to implement robotic systems in days rather than weeks or months.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This method does not require drilling new wells, which significantly reduces setup costs and environmental disruption and accelerates deployment.
    Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Croup swells the upper area of the passageways— lungs are a separate issue.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, swells generated by Priscilla are expected to affect portions of the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shareability multiplies your impressions without multiplying your budget.
    Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The chatbot listed several possible causes, but focussed on cyclospora, a parasite that multiplies in fresh produce and generally needs about a week to mature.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Dilates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilates. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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