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as in expansion
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Recent Examples of enlargement
Alpha-blockers are sometimes taken to control symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition that causes enlargement of the prostate gland.
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Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
Russia's invasion, by this diagnosis, was a response to the enlargement of NATO over the years.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
America’s undersea enlargement would not have been possible without Larry Mayer.
—Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
In fact, a 2006 follow-up study by the London researchers of both taxi and bus drivers found that years of experience led to enlargement of the hippocampus in taxi drivers, but not bus drivers.
—Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
Russia's invasion, by this diagnosis, was a response to the enlargement of NATO over the years.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
America’s undersea enlargement would not have been possible without Larry Mayer.
—Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
In fact, a 2006 follow-up study by the London researchers of both taxi and bus drivers found that years of experience led to enlargement of the hippocampus in taxi drivers, but not bus drivers.
—Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlargement
Noun
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One teenager unfurled and held up the national flag — red with a yellow star — for a photo.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Apple Intelligence can summarize text messages, identify real-world surroundings with the iPhone’s camera, erase unwanted objects from photos, rewrite emails and prioritize notifications.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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The 54-year-old already was overseeing a $60 billion expansion of the parks business before Abu Dhabi — Disney’s first new park since 2016 — was announced in May.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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LinkedIn’s expansion allows companies to buy First Impression Ads: vertical video ads for single-day campaigns that can target users in specific businesses, and are guaranteed to be the first ad that those members see during the day.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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But now the asymmetry shone (sometimes, especially in photographs, literally: reflecting a spot of glare back at the camera).—
Alice Gregory,
Vogue,
4 June 2025
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The book includes lots of maps, photographs, drawings and diagrams to illustrate the regions and concepts that Professor Williams discusses in the text.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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These two groups of turfgrass have significantly different periods of active growth.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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But Williams will have to put in the time to make gradual, significant growth.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Fallout from the Trump-Musk blowup may impact NASA’s future plans, too.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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That cover, however, came and went without a big blowup; Musk is now on the outs, but his exit missive on Wednesday was thankful, and Trump supposedly still has affection for him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
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Situated in transit hubs, the collages interweave film stills from Winant’s mother’s first independent journey as a teenager with photographs from the artist’s own teenage travel expedition, highlighting the horizon line as a metaphorical site of agency and liberation.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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In a still from the upcoming project shared to Instagram on Tuesday, April 22, Hudson appears alongside costar Hugh Jackman.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This cap provides hands-free visibility in the dark thanks to its ultra-bright dual-action LED system, featuring four LEDs that offer both close-up and distance lighting, allowing dad to see up to 42 feet ahead.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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Though television squashed the production into two dimensions, the broadcast nevertheless felt real and exciting; director David Comer let the camera play on the players, rather than trying for a cinematic effect through an excess of close-ups and cutaways.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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This isn’t just an inflation issue, but a public policy one.—
Al Sharpton,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The annual inflation rate fell from a 2.4% increase in March to 2.3% as consumer prices rose 0.2%, according to Consumer Price Index data.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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“Enlargement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlargement. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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