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adjective

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as in fortified

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as in trimmed

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verb

past tense of enrich
1
as in improved
to make better a truly great book can enrich your life

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as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming the church's magnificent interior is enriched with stunningly beautiful murals

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Recent Examples of enriched
Adjective
Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved part of its enriched uranium stockpile and advanced enrichment centrifuges to Pickaxe Mountain after last June’s attacks, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told CNN. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Subscriber Signals can provide enriched subscriber profiles with income levels, purchase history, and job titles. — Emma Cortes Ellendt, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and dilutes its enriched uranium on its own soil, while keeping the machinery to enrich more. — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 Under the Obama-era agreement, 97% of Iran's enriched uranium was shipped abroad and international inspectors were granted extensive access to nuclear facilities. — Michel Martin, NPR, 23 June 2026 Rye bread has a relatively low glycemic index and glycemic load and may not cause blood sugar spikes like some enriched breads. — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 June 2026 For their part, the Iranians will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, provide for an unspecified mechanism for disposing of its enriched uranium and pledge to not pursue a nuclear weapon in the future. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026 Trump voiced confidence in reaching a final agreement within 60 days to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons and have the country surrender its enriched uranium. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 June 2026 The official said the 60-day period after both sides sign the deal would be used to work out technical details for removing Iran's enriched uranium. — Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
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This research is a leap forward in understanding which stars in the early universe were most likely to create the metal dust that would have enriched the next generations of stars. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026 Think about how the world and the celestial have enriched your life. — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026 His extraordinary talent and professionalism enriched countless productions and inspired generations of filmmakers and performers. — Chris Morris, Variety, 13 July 2026 It’s enriched with key ingredients like nettle, rosehip, and rosemary leaf extract, along with wild bergamot oil, and is lightweight enough not to weigh hair down while working its magic. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 10 July 2026 The wide-open scam enriched Haitian freeloaders as Bonheur personally netted a million bucks in just two years after Joe Biden rang the dinner bell for every grifter in the Third World. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026 Governments will always play their role, but the quiet work of building personal and institutional bridges ensures those relationships endure, enriched by the full sweep of history rather than the noise of the moment. — Stewart McLaurin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Judge Analisa Torres said that Guo had enriched himself by preying on people who believed in democracy for China. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 June 2026 America and Europe have been immeasurably enriched, culturally and economically, by the arrival and absorption of immigrants from all over the world. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enriched
  1. fortified
  2. trimmed
  3. improved
  4. adorned
  5. nutritive
  6. decorated
  7. enhanced
  8. nutritious
Adjective
  • Along these routes, the bulldozers piled up mounds to enclose fortified compounds, military outposts and detention facilities where Palestinians were interrogated and tortured.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Over several decades, Tehran has developed a network of fortified bases, underground storage complexes, mobile launch systems, and layered defenses intended to make its missile force difficult to locate and destroy.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of fortified
Adjective
  • The fix is usually a trimmed hedge and a simple letter.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • Prevent ant hills by maintaining trimmed grass, removing debris, tilling soil, and planting pest-repellent herbs like mint or basil.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • The more important questions are whether customer outcomes improved, whether employees became more effective, whether the business became more adaptable and whether new value was created because of the technology.
    — Tony Bates, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • The steaks improved with each visit, but purists may want to stick to the Japanese Wagyu.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of improved
Verb
  • Giant banners showing the faces of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky adorned its rallies.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Nearby, the irrepressible older artist Nina Yankowitz, who completed a retrospective of her six-decade-long career at the Parrish earlier this year, was talking to Joan Semmel, 93, in a dress adorned with stars.
    — Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
Definition of adorned
Adjective
  • Some studies suggest that non-nutritive sweeteners can change your metabolism, affecting your insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
  • They’re typically sweetened with artificial or non-nutritive sweeteners, such as aspartame or sucralose, which don’t raise blood sugar levels.
    — Caitlin Beale, Health, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of nutritive
Adjective
  • Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
    — Elaine Mallon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of decorated
Verb
  • Routine bloodwork can be enhanced with biomarkers such as ApoB and hsCRP.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • In the comic, twin brothers Sean and Chris learn their bodies have been enhanced by nanotechnology, thrusting them into a fight against the villain Deadalus within a futuristic world where nature and technology exist side by side.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of enhanced
Adjective
  • Some people online also claim that GMO foods are less nutritious or lead to allergies.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 July 2026
  • For children, this often means reduced access to nutritious food, health care, education, transportation and other essentials.
    — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of nutritious

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