supersizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of supersize
as in increases
to make greater in size, amount, or number we'll have to supersize our contributions to our retirement fund

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Recent Examples of supersizes Minnesota has its buckets of Sweet Martha’s cookies, Texas supersizes everything, and Wisconsin is all about the dairy, especially the reigning Original Cream Puff. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026 The four-inch ruffled edge supersizes the romantic detailing, but won’t interfere with dressing your bed. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersizes
  1. increases
  2. expands
  3. accelerates
  4. boosts
  5. augments
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  • Though present, they are not enabled by default and require overriding hidden FeatureFlags, which increases user risk.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Thus the image is both cropped at the top and bottom and blown up in a way that increases the grain and softness.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Definition of increases
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  • As artificial intelligence expands across K-12 schools, Massachusetts announced a new $500,000 public-private investment in AI applied learning opportunities for hundreds of students, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced Tuesday.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The Iranian military fired six missiles on Jordan today, according to the Jordan Armed Forces, as the regional conflict expands.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of expands
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  • In her eighth novel, Davidson wraps a family drama with workplace intrigue in a plot that starts on a high note, then accelerates from there.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
  • The new capital will help accelerates the development, sampling, testing and validation of the quantum pigment technology across real-world materials and product applications.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Definition of accelerates
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  • The regional banks in BTO’s portfolio also lend to companies, and those loans are safer due to a decline in credit losses, which boosts BTO’s NAV.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The expansion to 48 teams demonstrated that greater participation generates more opportunities, boosts the development of football, and turns the World Cup into a true global celebration.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of boosts
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  • Technology that augments humans spreads prosperity, but technology built to imitate and substitute for them concentrates it.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • Johnny Moreno’s video and projection design artfully augments the production’s imaginative world.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of augments

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“Supersizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersizes. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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