aggrandizement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrandizement
Noun
  • This year’s federal funding cuts are severely impacting STEM research and education, threatening the future of innovation and our nation’s health and technological advancement.
    Lisa Eyler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Institutions like Delaware State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Jackson State University and many others were born from this mandate, and have since become pillars of educational opportunity and community advancement.
    Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Make the preferment: In a stand mixer bowl, whisk together the water, flour and yeast and mix until no dry spots remain.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Make the dough: Add the flour, whole eggs, egg yolk (reserve the white for brushing on later), honey, oil, ground coriander, orange zest and salt to the preferment.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The film is a rarefied exaltation of bullfighting as an inherently but latently cinematic domain that’s been waiting for its closeup—and which reveals its essence only by way of the special powers of the cinema.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
  • The latter song, like many Vandross classics, is jubilant, and its exaltations of liberation and hope take on special meaning when sung by Black characters, speaking to the long struggle for freedom.
    Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • This is Fortune 500 Power Moves, a weekly column tracking executive shifts—from appointments and promotions to resignations and retirements—within the highest ranks of Fortune 500 companies.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 25 July 2025
  • For those ordering online or through the Krispy Kreme app, the promotion is limited to one $1 dozen when using the code BOGO1 at checkout.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Binoculars with a lower magnification offer a wider field of view, while those with a higher magnification offer a narrower field of view.
    Jessica Macdonald, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2025
  • Key features: 10x magnification, 42mm objective lens diameter, high-quality BaK-4 prisms with anti-reflective coating, 6.2-degree angle of view, waterproof and fog-proof.
    Paul Brett, Space.com, 11 June 2025
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“Aggrandizement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrandizement. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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