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Recent Examples of enlargement
In 2019, Biden was diagnosed with benign enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition that affects about 80% of men over 70.
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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
With admirable ambition, the sides sought to bridge major geopolitical disputes—the question of NATO enlargement, Ukraine’s role in European security, U.S. security commitments in the post-Soviet space, and so on—that had eluded diplomatic compromise for decades.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
Advertisement World & Nation Georgia suspends talks on joining European Union, accusing bloc of blackmail
Nov. 28, 2024
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos released a joint statement Sunday on the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations.
—Sophiko Megrelidze, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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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
With admirable ambition, the sides sought to bridge major geopolitical disputes—the question of NATO enlargement, Ukraine’s role in European security, U.S. security commitments in the post-Soviet space, and so on—that had eluded diplomatic compromise for decades.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
Advertisement World & Nation Georgia suspends talks on joining European Union, accusing bloc of blackmail
Nov. 28, 2024
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos released a joint statement Sunday on the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations.
—Sophiko Megrelidze, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlargement
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
8 Sep. 2025
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See photos of Ariana Grande at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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The expansion will also include more language support, with plans to increase access to consulting and capital assistance in Spanish and Marshallese, according to an organization news release.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sacred Heart Schools announced a sweeping expansion to the Sacred Heart Academy campus focused on improving student facilities, expanding endowments to support scholarships and strengthening the school's annual fund.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Based on the hull numbers visible in the Japanese military's photographs, the Fujian's escortS were the destroyers CNS Hangzhou and CNS Jinan.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Rather than competing on spend, Olson has centered PacSun’s growth on listening, embedding the customer voice into decisions across product, marketing, and data.—
Jamie Gutfreund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The blowup led to speculation that Vance had deliberately set up Zelenskyy for public ridicule.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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There were crash outs, blowups, fights over pancakes and some messy breakups.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Clarify decision rights, escalation triggers, uncertainty protocols, and quality thresholds.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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As evidence that Midjourney trained its AI system on its intellectual property, the studio attaches dozens of images showing the tool’s outputs compared to stills from its movies and TV shows.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy gave a speech to the senate in front of a still of the chestburster from the original Alien movie.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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The same went for a close-up or a specific camera movement—finding the value in each choice.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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Not to be outdone, a 1961 Dutch version has its Elizabeth arrive in mud up to her waist, then shamelessly pans her body in a close-up, from ankles to bosom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Enlargement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlargement. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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