dilates

Definition of dilatesnext
present tense third-person singular of dilate
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Verb
  • Demonstrate How Credibility Lowers Customer Acquisition Cost Lack of credibility acts as a trust tax that inflates customer acquisition cost.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Prosecutors said fraudulent activity artificially inflates streams, reducing the amount paid to musicians and songwriters whose work is listened to by real audiences.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • China’s drive for technological self-sufficiency channels ever more resources into expanding industrial capacity, which, against a backdrop of weak domestic demand, only increases its dependence on exports.
    Neil Shearing, Time, 20 May 2026
  • Furthermore, heat increases electrical resistance for EV batteries and chargers, resulting in longer, more taxing charging sessions.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Because when an encounter — with a lover, a friend, a stranger or a new film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi — takes you to a place that transforms you, enlarges you and heals the hairline cracks where all the hope keeps leaking out, there is no such thing as too long spent there.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • This enlarges the talent pool in these fields by allowing students from all over the globe to participate in original research, such as on how climate change is affecting extinction and the migration of different species.
    Ingrid C. Romero, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • The rollout of Gemini Omni Flash is currently limited to select subscription tiers in the Gemini app, with broader access expected as the deployment expands.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
  • In an interview included in press notes for the documentary, the director expands on his vision of providing a balanced view of history.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • The adjacent roles that AI augments rather than replaces—positions that require contextual judgment, client relationship management, complex problem-solving, or physical presence—are the destination the transition heads toward.
    Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • That turns the chatbot from a substitute for care into something that augments the therapeutic alliance between you and your care team.
    Sudheesha Perera, Time, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Sulentic also admitted that community opposition to data centers has intensified as the AI infrastructure boom accelerates.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • Domain-specific or compliance-ready models may maintain durable market positions even as general-purpose consolidation accelerates.
    Mayur Khandelwal, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • The beach town swells with visitors in the summer, though surfers flock here any time of year for the classic surf break Plage de Lafitenia and big waves surf spot Belharra.
    Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026
  • Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • For an extra $1, players can add Power Play, which multiplies non‑jackpot prizes by 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 10X, depending on the drawing.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Trapped by a quarantine with no way out, residents are forced into a desperate fight for survival as the threat multiplies by the second.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Dilates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilates. Accessed 26 May. 2026.

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