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verb

past tense of magnify
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Recent Examples of magnified
Adjective
If that foreground star hosts a planet, the planet leaves ripples in the magnified light. Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026 Pending any video challenges in their season finale on Tuesday night versus Anaheim, the Wild will take a perfect review record into the playoffs, where every goal or potential no goal becomes more magnified. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026 Maybe in some ways, kind of magnified. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026 The da Vinci system gives surgeons a magnified view and robotic hands that never shake, enabling very precise surgical maneuvers. IEEE Spectrum, 5 July 2022
Verb
That transit could’ve magnified a tender conflict between your need for comfort and care and the need to stand up for yourself. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 The approval and absence of concessions have magnified speculation of Trump putting his thumb on the scales for Paramount CEO David Ellison’s plans to assemble a media conglomerate. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026 That's all magnified when one or both partners are rich and famous. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 July 2026 For Swift, an increase in solar activity magnified this impact over the past couple of years as the sun reached the peak of its 11-year cycle. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 But the powerful powder also works like any other herb blend—albeit magically magnified with wonderful MSG. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 Whatever the interpretation, unless it's nipped in the bud, it can be magnified by expansion across sites. Andrew Zhyvolovych, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 In the absence of an official investigation, the incident last September has been magnified, and perhaps embellished, in the minds of veterans living on the campus, a community defined by the vulnerability of physical disability, substance use and trauma. Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 For someone like me, who had few playmates as a child, everything around me is magnified, and there is a natural sense of closeness. Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnified
Adjective
  • Not least when their players have generally had to spend even longer away than usual due to the enlarged tournament, and in often soaring temperatures too.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome make people vulnerable, while Turner syndrome and other genetic disorders affecting the aorta and aortic valve, place people at high risk of developing an enlarged aorta.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 July 2026
Adjective
  • Agents shot and killed two people in July during a period of intensified immigration sweeps — individuals the agency later said had not been targets of its operations.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • The quarterly earnings for Google’s parent company beat analysts’ expectations on Wednesday, though the results could lead to intensified scrutiny over tech firms’ high AI spending.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The president designated the gang as a terrorist group and said Maduro had sent it to invade the United States, although some law enforcement officials say the administration exaggerated the threat to justify mass deportations.
    Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 10 July 2026
  • Emma Wager, senior policy analyst for the program on the ACA at KFF, said there is fraud in the ACA marketplace, but the scale described by the federal government may be exaggerated.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg elevated the charges at Morales’ arraignment, making sure that both attacks are considered hate crimes, which carry additional penalties upon conviction.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Barca’s financial struggles in recent years may well have helped players such as Yamal and Cubarsi be quickly elevated to the first team.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 24 July 2026
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
Verb
  • Wells is routinely praised by coaches and hurlers for his handling of the pitching staff and preparation.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
  • The guide praised Stubborn Seed’s commitment to sustainability.
    Connie Ogle July 25, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Adjective
  • This feed-in jumbo braid updo on Teyonah Parris is achieved by adding a lot of pre-stretched braiding hair when creating the cornrows.
    Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 19 July 2026
  • But the case shapes alone tell you Samsung isn’t treating the Wide as a stretched version of the Ultra.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • State prison records show Milton has previously done years behind bars for burglary, retail theft, drug possession, armed robbery and aggravated battery, among other convictions, stretching back to the late 1990s.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • Parsons was also previously convicted of burglary and aggravated battery.
    Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

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“Magnified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnified. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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