enlarges

present tense third-person singular of enlarge
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Recent Examples of enlarges Anything that perturbs or enlarges the prostate could in theory increase PSA levels. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 With the new format the page jumps forward or back for no reason, the page only enlarges a little, and where’s the editorial cartoon? Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlarges
Verb
  • Environmental Exposures Being around certain chemicals and substances increases the risk of stomach cancer.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The weather service offers 7-day forecasting, as uncertainty increases beyond a week out.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Stricter Rules Take Effect The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed earlier this year, expands the age range for able-bodied adults without dependents who fall under SNAP’s three-month time limit.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Johnston told Cartoon Brew that the movie expands the book's short, chaotic structure into a full-length story while staying true to Dahl’s humor.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the book, Carrie holds Lo captive, but then has a change of heart and frees her.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This room is filled with small space hacks, from the hanging sconce, which frees up space on the nightstand, to the peg rail that prevents items from piling up on the floor.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And his heater shows up as a heater and then rises.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Continuous delivery accelerates the feedback loop between users and developers, allowing real-world data from ongoing projects to refine solver precision and stability.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Outdoor Alliance explains that public lands may remain open while being largely unstaffed, which accelerates wear on trails and facilities and raises the cost of repair once funding resumes.
    Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Croup swells the upper area of the passageways— lungs are a separate issue.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, swells generated by Priscilla are expected to affect portions of the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Avery’s model augments the traditional VC model.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • To enhance the verisimilitude of his wraparound segment, Cheel augments the fictional story of alien-contact footage discovered at a yard sale with nonfiction asides about UFO culture.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Enlarges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarges. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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