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Recent Examples of enlargement
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.
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Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Some critics would come to call its sharp enlargement of executive authority the imperial presidency.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
This test, sometimes along with a digital rectal exam, is used to screen for cancer or enlargement of the prostate, according to Caamano.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Russia should face the consequences of its misguided policies, not reap the rewards of territorial enlargement.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
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Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Some critics would come to call its sharp enlargement of executive authority the imperial presidency.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
This test, sometimes along with a digital rectal exam, is used to screen for cancer or enlargement of the prostate, according to Caamano.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Russia should face the consequences of its misguided policies, not reap the rewards of territorial enlargement.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlargement
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Beyond the photos, most helpful was a set of Rodriguez’s sketches that Mance and his team discovered in Vanity Fair, which showed both the wedding dress and Carolyn’s rehearsal dinner dress.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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This 6,500-square-mile wilderness full of predators and giant dunes feels post-apocalyptic and yields photos just as raw and captivating.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Vegas Golden Knights set a record for road wins by an expansion team with a 2-1 shootout victory at Buffalo.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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This new expansion brings it to 10 locations, starting with Phoenix, though Zoox has yet to share an exact date for when vehicles will hit the road.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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During a fiery congressional hearing last month, Democrats excoriated Bondi over haphazard redactions in the Epstein files that exposed intimate details about victims and included nude photographs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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There has also been bipartisan consternation that the documents that were ultimately released did not protect each survivor's identity and that DOJ released sensitive photographs in violation of the Epstein Transparency Act, which called for redactions of that material.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Global bond markets tumbled in Asian trading Monday as an oil price shock prompted investors to price in higher inflation and a deteriorating economic growth outlook.—
Marcus Wong,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Surging prices from an energy supply crunch would then weigh on global economic growth.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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If Salley had been patient, Craig would have one of his inevitable blowups, and Charley would have gotten the ick faster than Rodrigo logs onto Ticketmaster when Madonna announces a new tour.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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The pinball blowup occurred at a moment when trans people face an increasingly hostile environment in the United States, particularly in sports.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
31 Jan. 2026
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In a further escalation of tensions with Kyiv, Hungary's parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution giving the government the green light to oppose Ukraine's path to joining the European Union and reject any initiatives to supply Ukraine with weapons or funding.—
JUSTIN SPIKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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But rapid shifts on both domestic and international fronts—the Supreme Court’s decision on the limits of presidential tariff authority, for instance, and the dramatic escalation of hostilities in Iran—drove the trade group to reshuffle its agenda at the last minute to keep conversations current.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Mar. 2026
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The rear camera supports Apple ProRes capture and features a True Tone flash for enhanced low-light performance in stills.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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Other stills show Russell with Fox fly-fishing in a stream in Montana.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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If oil prices stay very high for very long, households' budgets already stretched by high inflation could break under the pressure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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The combination of a weak economy and high inflation is a worst-case scenario for investors because the Federal Reserve has no good tool to fix both problems at the same time.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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