richening

verb

present participle of richen
as in enriching

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  1. enriching
  2. extracting
  3. evaporating
  4. deepening
  5. removing
  6. intensifying
  7. strengthening
  8. fortifying
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  • Collectively the display contributes to enriching knowledge of and challenging conventions on ocean topics.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Compost is essential for enriching soil, retaining moisture, and supporting microbes.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of enriching
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  • The Falcon-Emirati model and related tools for speech recognition and extracting Arabic text from images and documents are relatively compact.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Over the past quarter century, foreign direct investment across sub-Saharan Africa has remained relatively flat—around two to three percent as a share of GDP—and most of it has gone to extracting oil, diamonds, and gold and other minerals.
    — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracting
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  • The top layer is the oil that helps prevent tears from evaporating.
    — Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2026
  • However, analysts have raised the alarm in recent weeks that these safety nets are rapidly evaporating due to the ongoing Middle East conflict.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of evaporating
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  • Building skills in lower-wage origin jobs, deepening them in gateway jobs, and applying them to reach higher-paying destination jobs is how workers thrive and our talent pool expands.
    — Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Last week, Kenya became the second country after Uganda to report an Ebola case imported from Congo, deepening concerns about the virus spreading across borders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of deepening
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  • But automakers like Tesla, Volkswagen and Volvo have been removing AM radios from some newer models over the past few years, especially electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, since EV motors affect the sound.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Compatible Galaxy phones use Galaxy AI Photo Assist, which includes tools for moving, removing and adding objects in a photo.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of removing
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  • The fall was mainly due to worries over artificial intelligence financing and intensifying competition denting sentiment.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • An intensifying area of low pressure tracking through Canada will drag a strong cold front across our region Friday.
    — Grant Gilmore, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of intensifying
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  • In his candidacy announcement, Jackson said his priorities include strengthening public safety and the city’s economy.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • This was on top of cutting the cost of doing business, and strengthening supply chains.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of strengthening
Verb
  • City officials have been frantically preparing for Rachel, building sand berms and fortifying vulnerable areas with sandbags.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • CISOs invested billions of dollars fortifying corporate inboxes with secure email gateways (SEGs), enforcing strict DMARC policies and conducting continuous phishing simulations for employees.
    — Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortifying
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