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Recent Examples of enlargement
As part of an overall hair retention strategy, these formulas can do everything from reducing the amount of dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, the hormone that leads to male pattern baldness and prostate enlargement, to helping your body handle the challenges of modern life.
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2026
Membership without full rights on the first day of accession is nothing new - most countries from the 2004 enlargement and later faced long transition periods to achieve, for example, the right of their citizens to work across the bloc.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
The leadership development system can be integrated with other interventions, such as succession planning, work with an external coach, recognition, and job enlargement, to name a few.
—Scott J. Allen, Big Think, 6 Jan. 2026
Higher doses can cause hair loss (along with hair growth on the face and other areas many women would probably find undesirable), clitoral enlargement, acne and vocal changes that can be permanent.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2026
Membership without full rights on the first day of accession is nothing new - most countries from the 2004 enlargement and later faced long transition periods to achieve, for example, the right of their citizens to work across the bloc.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
The leadership development system can be integrated with other interventions, such as succession planning, work with an external coach, recognition, and job enlargement, to name a few.
—Scott J. Allen, Big Think, 6 Jan. 2026
Higher doses can cause hair loss (along with hair growth on the face and other areas many women would probably find undesirable), clitoral enlargement, acne and vocal changes that can be permanent.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlargement
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People revel in the nostalgia of ten or twenty or thirty years ago by digging up old photos and posting them—photos from birthday parties or career milestones or from a moment spent sitting under the final sparks of daylight on a beach.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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This photo provided by Air New Zealand shows sleeping pods in a mock-up of a plane cabin.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Their teammate, Kiki Rice, went sixth to Toronto, the first pick for the expansion franchise.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The family real estate business is undergoing the fastest overseas expansion since its founding a century ago, each deal potentially shaping everything including tariffs and military aid.—
Bernard Condon,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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In late March, grainy photographs of the Republican South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham relaxing at Disney World spread across the internet.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Present too are souvenirs from Brazil; products by some favorite brands, including Flos lighting and Élitis wall coverings; and works by artist friends (photographs by Paul Sepuya, Naima Green, and Clifford Prince King; a site-specific mural by Brian Robles).—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2026
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The People's Bank of China kept the loan prime rate, or LPR, unchanged on Monday, as surging global oil prices amid escalating Middle East tensions pushed up energy prices and clouded the growth outlook.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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State lawmakers are also looking to limit or repeal the incentives that paved the way for massive growth in data centers.—
Kevin Hardy,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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Older ones dismissed it as a typical relationship blowup.—
Ryan Brennan
April 16,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Two of those outings belong to Tanner Houck, who gave up 11 and 12 runs in 2 1/3 innings in a pair of blowups last season before being shut down and eventually undergoing Tommy John surgery.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon's top political authorities, critical of Hezbollah's decision to fire rockets towards Israel on March 2 in solidarity with Iran, quickly proposed direct talks in a bid to stop the escalation, hoping that Israel would not launch its ground invasion.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon’s top political authorities, critical of Hezbollah’s decision to fire rockets toward Israel on March 2 in solidarity with Iran, quickly proposed direct talks in a bid to stop the escalation, hoping that Israel would not launch its ground invasion.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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As evidence, federal officials released stills from surveillance footage that seem to show Moreno-Gama throwing the molotov cocktail outside Altman’s house in San Francisco last Friday morning, and then trying to enter OpenAI’s offices.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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Beta Cinema has unveiled first stills for the upcoming film, which also features Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) in the cast, as the production approaches its final days of principal photography in Dublin, Ireland.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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The global energy shock stemming from maritime traffic disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly a fifth of the world’s oil is typically transported, has led to surging fuel prices and is threatening to push up inflation in many countries and impact economic growth.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Data releases include Spanish inflation.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Enlargement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlargement. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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