as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
our volleyball team was augmented by some of the exchange team's players
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Recent Examples of augment
Among the features Swiss Timing’s new systems provide is blade angle detection, which gives judges precise technical data to augment their technical and aesthetic decisions.
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Maurizio Arseni, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
The Lake Placid Winter Games in 1980 in New York used snowmaking to augment natural snow on the ski slopes.
—Sunshine Swetnam, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 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, 30 Jan. 2026
Goldschmidt’s move comes as more NGBs look to their peers to augment their commercial opportunities.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Maurizio Arseni, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
The Lake Placid Winter Games in 1980 in New York used snowmaking to augment natural snow on the ski slopes.
—Sunshine Swetnam, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 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, 30 Jan. 2026
Goldschmidt’s move comes as more NGBs look to their peers to augment their commercial opportunities.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augment
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The program will start with 3,000 volunteers to be selected next summer and will gradually increase to 10,000 per year by 2030.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Allowing its use on these two common crops will drastically expand how much is applied and increase harm, advocates say.—
Michael Phillis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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For many schools, that means expanding technical education classes, building partnerships with local businesses, and getting creative with transporting teens — some just on the cusp of learning to drive — to part-time work.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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Powered by rapid advances in embodied intelligence, China’s humanoid robots are advancing rapidly, expanding their potential roles in both industrial settings and home environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Senate’s bill would tie some community development grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to housing production, offering bonuses to local governments that accelerate homebuilding while reducing funding for those that fall behind.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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His move to the Sandringham estate was accelerated after the latest batch of Epstein files were released, and after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen waving to photographers and bystanders at Windsor Castle, as if nothing had happened.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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Lawmakers in European powerhouse Germany have approved a government plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed by Russia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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The robust demand for hard drives and flash storage amid the ongoing AI wave is boosting the company’s business.—
TipRanks,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Augment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augment. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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