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 lawmakers’ priorities was to augment state oversight of districts that outsource special education services to private providers.
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Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Capital Pride is augmenting DC's efforts with additional private security.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 2 June 2025
Already today, the fastest-growing AI startups are those that augment rather than automate humans, such as the code editor Cursor.
—Luke Drago, Time, 30 May 2025
Sperling initially designs his work in black and white, later adding color to augment his vision.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Capital Pride is augmenting DC's efforts with additional private security.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 2 June 2025
Already today, the fastest-growing AI startups are those that augment rather than automate humans, such as the code editor Cursor.
—Luke Drago, Time, 30 May 2025
Sperling initially designs his work in black and white, later adding color to augment his vision.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Mahan won his first term as mayor in 2022 with 51.3% of the vote after residents pushed to move the mayoral election to align with the presidential one to increase voter turnout.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2025
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Tacoma did its own analysis and found that people with a regular housing voucher, and no time limit, actually fared better at increasing their incomes and moving on.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Stablecoins are often treated as satellites of U.S. monetary policy—dollar proxies that expand liquidity and shore up Treasury demand.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Trump’s memo will go into the history books as a moment when presidential power expanded to put under his control a military force aimed at U.S. civilians.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The state both increased funding for special education and accelerated by one year the commitment to fully funding the Education Cost Sharing formula, through which most state aid for local education flows.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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Iran’s nuclear program accelerated after the breakdown of the 2015 nuclear agreement which halted international inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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United is just back from its first-ever postseason tour, a six-day, two-game trip to Malaysia and Hong Kong, that is expected to boost fourth-quarter results by £10 million.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
6 June 2025
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During the pandemic-era streaming boom, Netflix, along with other global streamers, invested heavily in original African content in a bid to boost subscriber numbers and touted the continent, with its low streaming penetration rates and large, young population, as a future growth market.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2025
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As disparate data sources come together through intelligent ETL processes enhanced by AI, the next step is managing the security, authentication and role-level access of the different departments and users.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Rainy weather driving tips Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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“Augment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augment. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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