richened

past tense of richen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for richened
Verb
  • His passion and pride in the work, down to earth and sometimes irreverent style, and the reverence for small business owners and hard working people only enriched our lives and well as many others as well.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Iran has 972 pounds of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
    Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • The scepticism has largely evaporated, though the persistent argument that the squad is strong enough to succeed regardless of who manages it has not fully gone away.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • More than $1 trillion in market value evaporated in a single session.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • The team collected 53 masks in sterile bags and cut out the outer layers to analyze just the microbes circulating in the air and not in people’s respiratory passages, then extracted and analyzed DNA from them.
    Alice Park, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
  • After the clouded lens was extracted, surgeons implanted a clear, artificial replacement to restore 20/20 vision.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • While trust in the program may be damaged due to the case against one of their colleagues, the staff in recent days has only intensified their presence in communities, Mavronis said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • In a recent report BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, said pressure on BYD’s profit margins had intensified.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • The sheer scale of COVID’s spread has vastly deepened science’s understanding of the ways that viruses continue to affect the human body long after the initial illness has passed.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • After retiring in 1989, the pair's bond deepened off the court.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Zelenskyy also informed Trump about how Ukraine's position along the eastern front line has improved and strengthened.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • Rome strengthened legal protections for child refugees amid the European migrant crisis a decade ago.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Eco effort While the property has removed single-use plastics from the guest rooms and spa, small single-use plastic water bottles are still prevalent throughout the hotel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • Rivero, who also singled in the third and has seven hits in his last seven at-bats, was removed in the fifth because of a left wrist injury.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Now, although fortified by the bye week and a win over the last-place Raiders, Herbert must also contend with the limitation of playing with a cast or splint on his left hand.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Other studies have linked orange juices fortified with plant sterols to decreased harmful cholesterol, known as LDL, which can lead to heart attack and stroke.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Richened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/richened. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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