stoke

verb

ˈstōk How to pronounce stoke (audio)
Definition of stokenext
as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company

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Recent Examples of stoke The trend has stoked both hopes and fears around AI’s educational uses. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Though Kaepernick and Reid ultimately switched from sitting to kneeling, the protest continued to stoke controversy. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 Keana, 12, was stoked to see Rodrigo, of course, but also Garbage. — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The furor was stoked by the realization that The Met Gala‘s scheduled date of May 3, 2027, coincides with the Jewish holiday of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stoke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoke
  1. increase
  2. accelerate
  3. expand
  4. boost
  5. augment
  6. raise
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  • By increasing the carrier density in the neighbouring graphene bilayer, the team progressively weakened the Coulomb interactions between electrons in the magic-angle graphene.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The cores or plugs removed from the lawn during aeration actually increase the success of overseeding by providing more direct contact between the seeds and the soil.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of increase
Verb
  • Liu pointed to China’s 2025 Global AI Governance Action Plan, which calls for accelerating construction of clean power, next-generation networks, computing capacity and data centers.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, fewer researchers seek material that could accelerate innovation, and fewer countries are willing to share it.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of accelerate
Verb
  • The View From Beijing In a departure from business strategies of the past, this current cohort of Chinese companies has a mandate to expand internationally, according to academic Karim Alwadi, based in Beijing.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Opened on New Year’s Day in 1926, the hotel was expanded by famed society architect Maurice Fatio, who managed to maintain intimacy despite imposing a larger footprint.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of expand
Verb
  • Chaparral boosts logistics Recently, Elroy Air expanded the capabilities of its autonomous Chaparral cargo aircraft with three unattended delivery modes developed for the US Army.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But this has failed to boost the country's key stock benchmarks, which have been among the worst-performing major indexes globally.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of boost
Verb
  • In future windows, a younger, faster centre-back feels required to augment an ageing cohort, with Burn and Fabian Schar both 34 and only Malick Thiaw possessing much pace.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Every solution is designed to augment human expertise rather than replace it, ensuring AI strengthens decision-making while maintaining accountability, transparency, and trust.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of augment
Verb
  • My hope is that with so much talk about affordability and economic growth, a voter or two would raise a hand and ask about price controls and credit-card caps.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The injury was raised again during a frantic final 24 hours of the transfer window when Crystal Palace emerged as rival suitors for Fofana.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of raise

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