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verb

past tense of enhance
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as in sweetened
to make more desirable leather seats and a state-of-the-art stereo system enhance the sedan

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Recent Examples of enhanced
Verb
Select parlays have enhanced odds, giving customers the chance at larger winnings. Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025 There is evidence the skulls were significantly enhanced for the attachment of strong muscular jaws. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025 Ben's permanent transformation into the rock-like Thing was a constant source of guilt and shame, while Johnny's ability to fly and engulf himself in flames only enhanced his youthful moodiness. EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025 The second one is a bit more abstract and is enhanced by video. Arpon Basu, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 Select markets have enhanced odds, giving users a chance at larger winnings. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 It’s accented by soft curves to create an airy feel, further enhanced by the off-white mesh. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025 The resilience of an electronic cash alternative is greatly enhanced by this kind of offline device-to-device transfer. David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 More culinary reputations were enhanced this week, when Asia’s 50 best restaurants for 2025 were revealed. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enhanced
Adjective
  • As the scholar John Ikenberry has noted, the United States’ particular brand of hegemony allowed others to benefit as well, contributing to a relatively enlightened hierarchy that was positive-sum, even if the gains were unequally distributed in Washington’s favor.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2019
  • But Val is an enlightened practitioner of Eastern spirituality who used to be in shipping in Vladivostok.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • With Friday’s victory, the Heat improved to 9-20 this season against teams currently with a winning record.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In reading, both fourth and eighth graders’ results are down from 2022, while in math, fourth-grade scores have not improved since before the pandemic and eighth-grade scores are at their lowest in decades.
    Thibaut Delloue, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The stock market endured its worst day of the year this week and fears of a recession have intensified.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • That fear — which initially arose after at least six staff members developed breast cancer from 2013 to 2022 — has only intensified after a beloved teacher died last fall and another at Warren Hills Elementary was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Two highly modern, eminently civilized nations were plunged into chaos.
    Kelly McKinney, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
  • International good faith, a sister of democracy, springs from the will of civilized nations of men to respect the rights and liberties of other nations of men.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Your Spidey sense is heightened.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
  • While Istanbul was not impacted, the devastation in southern Turkey heightened fears of a similar quake with experts citing the city’s proximity to fault lines.
    Mehmet Guzel, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The teenager, whose identity officials did not reveal, was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with aggravated arson, arson, and hindering apprehension, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 2 May 2025
  • Revill was found guilty of aggravated kidnapping and given a life sentence in 2019.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • They were married for 25 years and shared two grown daughters, Mallory and Macy.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 10 May 2025
  • It’s never been quite so grown up and full bodied in that way.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As the recession deepened and unemployment shot higher, the interest and the penalties on Natale’s loans compounded much faster than her ability to move up the ladder to higher paying jobs.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Deep divisions The angry scenes on Thursday highlighted divisions that have deepened since Netanyahu returned to power as head of a right-wing coalition at the end of 2022.
    Reuters, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Enhanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enhanced. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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