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Recent Examples of enlargement
One of the most common symptoms is enlargement of one or more lymph nodes.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 2 June 2025
In 2019, Biden was diagnosed with benign enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition that affects about 80% of men over 70.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 20 May 2025
The money is expected to go to the Shasta Dam enlargement project.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Consider the United States’ never-ending debate about NATO enlargement.
—James B. Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 2 June 2025
In 2019, Biden was diagnosed with benign enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition that affects about 80% of men over 70.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 20 May 2025
The money is expected to go to the Shasta Dam enlargement project.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Consider the United States’ never-ending debate about NATO enlargement.
—James B. Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlargement
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Investigators believe the suspect also deliberately set fire to the church, which appeared engulfed in flames in photos and videos shared on social media.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Sep. 2025
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The transaction marks another milestone in KKR’s expansion in the region.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Madrid Content City has already become one of the largest audiovisual hubs in Europe and is now entering phase IV of its expansion, expected to be completed by 2026.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Entitled Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, the statute bars both photographs and broadcasting from the courtroom of a federal criminal trial.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Due to a rapid growth in visitorship, the county has welcomed a spate of new jobs.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Sep. 2025
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In its latest quarterly report, Kroger said delivery sales grew 20% so far this year, compared with 15% overall growth of its digital sales.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
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Despite their struggles, the Twins avoided high-profile blowups aside from one involving Jax and Baldelli on July 30, one the reliever has since downplayed multiple times.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Faulí also has blowups of about ten grainy black-and-white photographs that were taken in Gaudí’s workshop.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Their high-profile crossover marks an escalation in late-night TV's ongoing response to political pressure and industry challenges.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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But there are two moments in the past that perhaps help predict where this new threat of escalation is headed.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Days after the show's 30th anniversary, leading actress Lea Thompson commemorated the sitcom's major milestone with a touching Instagram montage featuring stills from the show.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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It’s then cooked and mixed with local water, fermented, double distilled in copper stills, and then aged three years in tequila barrels — a nod to the spirit for which Mexico has become best known.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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One shot features a close-up of Gomez's simple bouquet of white flowers, while another highlights her dazzling wedding bands.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The roughly five-minute sequence is shot in tight close-up on Day-Lewis, who oscillates between anger, pain and gleeful contempt.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Enlargement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlargement. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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