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as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
as the number of people with cell phones enlarges, more transmission towers will have to be built
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as in expanded
to make greater in size, amount, or number
with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house
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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about
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Recent Examples of enlarged
Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Reportedly, this expansion is supported by hardware upgrades, including a more powerful, multi-stage Long March 5B rocket with an enlarged payload fairing.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Buckingham Palace announced in February 2024 that Charles had a form of cancer, discovered after a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Marketing stimuli relates to actions planned and carried out by enterprises or institutions, whereas environmental stimuli include inputs occurring in the enlarged scenario and include social factors as well as economic, political, technological, and cultural dimensions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Organized by the Malta Film Commission, the festival is set to grow in both scale and ambition this year, with an enlarged program of screenings, industry events and cultural offerings aimed at strengthening Malta’s role as an international filmmaking hub.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Other upgrades include an enlarged drop-down screen that, along with a 36-speaker array, can essentially turn the rear seats into a small movie theater.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Hughes now uses folding panels to divvy up her enlarged learning area into one main classroom and two breakout rooms.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
An enlarged spleen is at most 500 grams and only up to 20 cm long, the health department noted.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Floor Decor recently enlarged its operation here.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2026
The building has been burned, rebuilt, enlarged, and adapted, but those changes became part of a larger national narrative.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
And in that gloriously unsettled moment, our sense of the possible is enlarged.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
The Grammy-winning R&B singer, 39, glowed in an all-white ERL suit, which combined a puffy, floor-length jacket with a retro-style shirt and enlarged bow tie.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The simulation enlarged first one disc and then another by the same growth factor, and so on.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2026
The front of the building would be modernized, but the back would be enlarged significantly.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Imaging suggested Bryan’s spleen might be enlarged, and there was blood in the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity, though there was no active hemorrhage.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
During Coulier's six-month checkup and PET scans after his first diagnosis, doctors discovered a flare-up had returned as an enlarged tumor.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Reportedly, this expansion is supported by hardware upgrades, including a more powerful, multi-stage Long March 5B rocket with an enlarged payload fairing.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Buckingham Palace announced in February 2024 that Charles had a form of cancer, discovered after a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Marketing stimuli relates to actions planned and carried out by enterprises or institutions, whereas environmental stimuli include inputs occurring in the enlarged scenario and include social factors as well as economic, political, technological, and cultural dimensions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Organized by the Malta Film Commission, the festival is set to grow in both scale and ambition this year, with an enlarged program of screenings, industry events and cultural offerings aimed at strengthening Malta’s role as an international filmmaking hub.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Other upgrades include an enlarged drop-down screen that, along with a 36-speaker array, can essentially turn the rear seats into a small movie theater.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Hughes now uses folding panels to divvy up her enlarged learning area into one main classroom and two breakout rooms.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
An enlarged spleen is at most 500 grams and only up to 20 cm long, the health department noted.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
The paintings are constructed, a collage—a tree moved, enlarged, reduced as the composition requires.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Floor Decor recently enlarged its operation here.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2026
The building has been burned, rebuilt, enlarged, and adapted, but those changes became part of a larger national narrative.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
And in that gloriously unsettled moment, our sense of the possible is enlarged.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
The Grammy-winning R&B singer, 39, glowed in an all-white ERL suit, which combined a puffy, floor-length jacket with a retro-style shirt and enlarged bow tie.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The simulation enlarged first one disc and then another by the same growth factor, and so on.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2026
The front of the building would be modernized, but the back would be enlarged significantly.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Imaging suggested Bryan’s spleen might be enlarged, and there was blood in the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity, though there was no active hemorrhage.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlarged
Adjective
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Pending any video challenges in their season finale on Tuesday night versus Anaheim, the Wild will take a perfect review record into the playoffs, where every goal or potential no goal becomes more magnified.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
14 Apr. 2026
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Maybe in some ways, kind of magnified.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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California alone spent $24 billion in 5 years fighting homelessness, yet the number of homeless increased.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Greek food has always been on the menu at Skippers, but the demand for it has increased over time.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Efforts have picked up in recent years to limit ownership, including in Utah, where its Republican governor, Spencer Cox, signed a bill into law that expanded previous foreign restrictions.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Brazil’s criminal organizations Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital have expanded aggressively across the Amazon over the past decade and now dominate key trafficking corridors linking coca-growing regions in Colombia and Peru to Atlantic ports used to ship cocaine to Europe.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Later that month she was freed.—
Jade le Deley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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While his son and his friend continued their daylong wait for him just outside, the refugee was freed, only to be detained and taken to a Homeland Security facility.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Once activated, the Fe-SMA bars aim to shrink back to their pre-stretched shape.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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It’s formulated with calcium to promote new cell growth, adenosine to fill in wrinkles, collagen to maintain your skin’s density and thickness, elastin to restore stretched skin, and Vitamin D for rejuvenation.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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Becerra has since won endorsements from influential labor groups and Latino state leaders, and his once anemic fundraising has swelled.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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The popularity of Dry January has swelled.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Verb
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That visual vocabulary has been extended to the second season, augmented by a new black Daredevil suit with a red double D emblem on the chest—straight out of the 2010 Shadowland comic storyline.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Most of what would be free cash flow among Amazon , Alphabet , Meta and Microsoft is now being handed to the hardware providers, augmented by some borrowing.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The ages of the victims and the origin of the train were not immediately released.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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The couple was released three days later, but the children have remained in state custody ever since.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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“Enlarged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarged. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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