enlargement

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Recent Examples of enlargement The teen had gynecomastia, the often temporary enlargement of breast tissue in males during puberty. Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 But enlargement brings complexity. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 5 June 2026 In two slideshows on the same floor, Liden continues to circulate between viewpoints, here through the tactic of distortive enlargement. Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Megaly is a medical suffix denoting an abnormal or irregular enlargement of an organ or body part. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for enlargement
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Noun
  • A couple of years ago, Xavi gifted the rest of his family necklaces that contained a photo of John for Christmas.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Following her death, Brown, 22, shared a tribute to the late actress on her Instagram Stories alongside a black-and-white photo of Hottle holding up a toy version of King Kong.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • The voucher effect The state’s voucher expansion has had a profound impact on the growth of Catholic schools.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Much of that expansion has been driven by the Cockroach Janta Party, a satirical group that started the movement two months ago.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • At one point during the project, the participant asked Leniain to remove the photograph.
    Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • The gift expands the museum’s holdings across six curatorial departments, including modern and contemporary art, African American art, American art, European sculpture and decorative arts, Native American art, and prints, drawings, and photographs.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • How to visit Public access Because of its vastness and thick growth, most of the swamp is accessible only by helicopter or strenuous bushwhacking.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • The growth of the Dolphins defensive front will bode well for Hafley, especially considering the youth in the secondary.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Next to this picture is a blowup of part of the contact sheet.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • His philosophy aims to avoid blowups, even if that sometimes means missing opportunities to maximize profits.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • But extraordinary pressure is building in the Middle East, and the new escalation could send oil blowing past those dubious milestones.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • With the global benchmark for oil prices now hovering near $100 per barrel, Ferreira warned that further escalation could push prices closer to $120—near the late-April high of $124 per barrel.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • But replicating a Campbeltown style malt whisky still proved elusive, requiring shorter, squatter stills to produce a relatively heavy and oily distillate.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Agave ferments have roots in Mesoamerican culture, but mezcal specifically was invented during Mexico’s colonial era with the introduction of Filipino-style stills.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Alan Siow, co-head of EM corporate debt at Ninety One Asset Management, said the White House appears to be adapting to such legal constraints and may be emboldened by limited retaliation and no clear inflation spike.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • This could begin to erode Americans’ faith that inflation will eventually slow toward the Fed’s 2% annual target.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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“Enlargement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlargement. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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