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verb

past tense of magnify
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of magnified
Adjective
Lunar eclipses are also completely safe to view with the naked eye, or even through a pair of binoculars of a telescope, which will offer a magnified view of the moon as Earth's shadow sweeps across its cratered landscape. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026 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
By abstaining from economic espionage, the United States has tilted the playing field against itself and magnified the Chinese threat. — David S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 For him, nothing in life was small enough; everything had magnified significance. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The spike in diesel has been magnified by Ukrainian attacks on refineries in Russia, one of the world’s top diesel exporters, and export restrictions in China. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 Social media has definitely magnified the ability for different cultures and cuisines to be shared across the world. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 The Seahawks are considerably more dangerous at home than on the road, a distinction that becomes magnified in January. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The gap is magnified in 13 other states, where raw milk can be sold only as pet food, but regulators know people are still drinking it. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Our body’s flucutations naturally put us off guard, so every day pressures can feel magnified and trigger a cascase of both physical and mental tolls that amplifiy sleep disruptions, worsen brain fog, accelerate weight gain and spike stress. — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2026 But now without openers and the backing of Irish band Beoga, who pulled out of the tour out of solidarity with Macklemore and empathy toward Palestinians, Sheeran’s solitariness was magnified. — Brendan Menapace, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnified
Adjective
  • Each lancet carries a flexible valve that moves within an enlarged chamber, or bulb, where venom collects before being expelled.
    — Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • His family later said his death was due to an enlarged heart coupled with aortic valve complications.
    — Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The news comes amid a spike in investor interest in clinical skin care; a rise in the number of aesthetic procedures; and an intensified focus on wellness following the pandemic.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • From territorial defense to corridor security The Mecca agreement emerged as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states faced intensified missile and drone threats linked to the Iran conflict and Houthi attacks emanating from Yemen.
    — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Standard laboratory models greatly exaggerated the actual performance of liquid thermogalvanic cells.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Republicans and Democrats alike say the purchase will help Russia execute its war against Ukraine — without making a difference to global fuel prices, which are elevated mostly due to Trump’s war on Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • But the board decided that Niinami’s resignation was necessary, and elevated Torii from his role as president, which he’d assumed just a few months earlier.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lovato’s dress, courtesy of Fanci Club, was a deep shade of eggplant purple and topped off with a scarlet-red lace bralette, making for a brazen club-friendly outfit only enhanced by the even more noticeable shoes.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Coastal flooding impacts on Sunday could be similar to other days, or greatly enhanced.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Naomi Ackie, who plays the scientist charged with Hagen’s experimental procedure, praised how her co-star shouldered what was a very challenging role.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At a news conference Friday, police also praised a teacher who threw a cellphone at the gunman, tackled him and fought to take his weapon.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Oct. 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
  • Thompson is being held in Escambia County awaiting extradition to Georgia on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The court accepted his plea and found Williams guilty of two counts of aggravated endangering a child, according to a news release from the office of the Leavenworth County Attorney.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Magnified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnified. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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