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as in increases
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
as the number of people with cell phones enlarges, more transmission towers will have to be built
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as in expands
to make greater in size, amount, or number
with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house
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as in frees
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about
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Recent Examples of enlarges
Dementia shrinks the brain and enlarges the space in the middle cavity as the disease kills off neurons.
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Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Leisure enlarges your perspective and renews your faith.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Shaghoulian observed that this split was analogous to the kind that enlarges the Hilbert spaces of topological field theories.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
Anything that perturbs or enlarges the prostate could in theory increase PSA levels.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Leisure enlarges your perspective and renews your faith.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Shaghoulian observed that this split was analogous to the kind that enlarges the Hilbert spaces of topological field theories.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
Anything that perturbs or enlarges the prostate could in theory increase PSA levels.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlarges
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The translunar injection involves firing Orion's main engine, which increases the spacecraft's velocity to send it out of Earth orbit and toward the moon.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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With warmer weather heralding spring, the amount of outdoor activities significantly increases.—
Lesly Gregory,
AJC.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Drone delivery expands across the Charlotte region The Queen City is no stranger to drone deliveries.—
Chase Jordan
March 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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The find helps explain water’s odd behavior and its unusual properties, including the reason ice cubes float and how liquid water expands as its temperature drops below 39 degrees Fahrenheit (four degrees Celsius).—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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But for occasional rice preparation, the stovetop method works perfectly well — and frees up valuable counter and cabinet space.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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That frees up the conversation surrounding optimal deployment of the big outscorers.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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What Happens Next Attention will now turn to labor negotiations, political response, and whether the transition timeline accelerates.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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When you’re fully submerged in the culture of your field’s epicenter, learning accelerates.—
Bill Gurley,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Where Beyoncé added poetic interludes between songs, in Songs from the Hole, the audience learns about Jacobs' story and how his music spiritually liberates him while simultaneously being among the reasons officials cited for not granting him parole.—
Kara Frame,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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Nuclear fusion, like in the Sun, liberates 630 trillion joules for each kilogram of hydrogen fuel.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Feb. 2026
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That was expected to be the last remaining obstacle to the world's biggest sporting event arriving in this 20,000-person suburb tucked between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, that swells to three times its size for New England Patriots games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The noise of your life recedes and a surge of connectedness and gratitude swells inside of you.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Advanced tier is perfect for mid-level and large companies, which further augments your accounting department with Excel data sync capabilities along with backup and restore functionality.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Enlarges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarges. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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