dilates

Definition of dilatesnext
present tense third-person singular of dilate
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Verb
  • 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
  • In order to minimize rider impact with the handlebars or other hard surfaces, the airbag inflates upward during a forward crash.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Posting on multiple platforms simultaneously increases your reach, but be aware that spreading the budget evenly across all of them generally doesn't work.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The vote signifies the latest push by the group to slow or halt wage increases for tourism workers in the city, increases that hospitality and service worker unions have pushed for to coincide with the 2028 Olympics.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The amygdala, the seat of fear, enlarges.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Frontier expands routes, will cut less profitable ones Dempsey took over from longtime Frontier CEO Barry Biffle in December and has unwound some of his more aggressive expansion plans.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • If the College Football Playoff expands, the urgency of the regular season diminishes by comparison, and in a sport that had, inarguably, the greatest regular season in sports, that's a huge blow.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The companies that structure their data for agents now, rather than locking it inside app interfaces, will be better positioned as that transition accelerates.
    Zach Lloyd, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • Makary has touted his accomplishments as commissioner, including his priority voucher program that accelerates review times for certain drugs.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The guilt swells and swells while the sweater sits and sits.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 8 May 2026
  • As the orchestra swells, a voice slowly surfaces.
    Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 2 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 15 May. 2026.

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