swells (up)

Definition of swells (up)next
present tense third-person singular of swell (up)
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Verb
  • Posting on multiple platforms simultaneously increases your reach, but be aware that spreading the budget evenly across all of them generally doesn't work.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The vote signifies the latest push by the group to slow or halt wage increases for tourism workers in the city, increases that hospitality and service worker unions have pushed for to coincide with the 2028 Olympics.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • That turns the chatbot from a substitute for care into something that augments the therapeutic alliance between you and your care team.
    Sudheesha Perera, Time, 6 May 2026
  • This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Overstate it and public anxiety escalates rapidly through social media ecosystems built for worst-case scenarios.
    Steve Brozak, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Ad war escalates Democratic candidate for governor, and former Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms (center) leaves a voting precinct with her family after voting in the Georgia Democratic primary last week.
    Adam Beam, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • The elevated proof amplifies texture and aromatic intensity without overwhelming the balance.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Cannes amplifies a film’s presence—its commercial success, its visibility, its cultural impact.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s how the principle compounds.
    Daren Smith, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • These compounds drift through the battery, causing slow reactions and reducing efficiency over time.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The move aims to improve traceability and accountability as China’s humanoid robotics industry rapidly expands.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • Yes—putting metaphorical pen to page is fundamental, but so, too, is nurturing that which expands my literary capacity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • One image inserts Coalie next to a coal-mining family that otherwise looks like an ad that could have appeared a century ago.
    Annie Persons, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
  • Many streaming hubs fill each commercial break with an assortment of spots that appear due to programmatic buying that inserts ads based on algorithms tied to demographics and geography.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Swells (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swells%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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