richened

verb

past tense of richen
as in enriched

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  1. enriched
  2. evaporated
  3. extracted
  4. intensified
  5. deepened
  6. strengthened
  7. removed
  8. fortified
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  • It’s enriched with grapeseed and jojoba oils for a deep conditioning effect that provides lasting hydration.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 28 July 2026
  • The laboratory also modernized Thermal Diffusion Isotopic Separation (TDIS), allowing the gases themselves to be enriched directly.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
Definition of enriched
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  • The fourth star and a fairytale send off for Lionel Messi earned through lots of grit, fighting spirit and a bit of magic evaporated into the East Rutherford, New Jersey, air.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Many of them chased cheap labor overseas and evaporated anyway.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of evaporated
Verb
  • As the air is extracted, the coffee grounds transition from a loose, flowing state into a rigid mass that molds itself around the object’s shape.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
  • Working with paleopathologists from the University of Pisa in Italy, the team analyzed DNA extracted from the ribs of Francesco I de' Medici, as well as Giovanni de' Medici, his younger brother who died of malaria 25 years earlier.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of extracted
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  • Its arrival has intensified discussions over how the United States should respond to increasingly capable Chinese AI systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • And that uncertainty has ballooned into a crisis of its own, which has only intensified after a rapid series of announcements from the Food and Drug Administration.
    — Allie Canal, NBC news, 24 July 2026
Definition of intensified
Verb
  • In college, shadowing a labor and delivery nurse and witnessing my first birth only deepened this passion.
    — Mara Evans, STAT, 27 July 2026
  • As his relationships deepened and demand for the wines grew, what had started as a hobby gradually became a full-time pursuit.
    — Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of deepened
Verb
  • Genevieve strengthened into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and is expected to intensify well southwest of Mexico but stay far out to sea on a course roughly parallel to the coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • Athens and Jerusalem have steadily strengthened security ties amid evolving geopolitical challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of strengthened
Verb
  • Their former leaders have been removed, and they’re now being run by a gay dictator facing internal divisions.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • In fact, the film’s story would still be comprehensible if its few subtitles were removed (one of Murnau’s earlier silents — 1924’s The Last Laugh — has no titles whatsoever).
    — Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • Coconut water contains small amounts of calcium but is not usually fortified.
    — Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 21 July 2026
  • These foods, including wheat and dairy products, are said to be fortified with vitamin D.
    — Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026
Definition of fortified
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