as in increased
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 augmented
Those tracks have been newly augmented.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Those findings are augmented by Primerica’s Household Budget Index™ (HBI™) data, which, on a monthly basis, takes a close look at families’ purchasing power for food, gas, auto insurance, utilities, and health care.
—Mark Davis, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
These mines are augmented by Ukrainian drones concealed along the edges of these roads, waiting for Russian resupply vehicles.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
No doubt using a light touch so as to avoid excessive product buildup, Anderson augmented her prep with the Multi Moisture Cream.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
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Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Those findings are augmented by Primerica’s Household Budget Index™ (HBI™) data, which, on a monthly basis, takes a close look at families’ purchasing power for food, gas, auto insurance, utilities, and health care.
—Mark Davis, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
These mines are augmented by Ukrainian drones concealed along the edges of these roads, waiting for Russian resupply vehicles.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
No doubt using a light touch so as to avoid excessive product buildup, Anderson augmented her prep with the Multi Moisture Cream.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for augmented
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The phrase has been tagged in more than 550,000 posts on Instagram, while on TikTok the number of videos with the #curatedvintage hashtag increased by 50% in the past year.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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According to the complaint, the companies and their subsidiaries repeatedly increased EpiPen prices and paid pharmacy benefit managers to keep rival products off the market, which violates the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act, the Indiana Antitrust Act and the Medicaid False Claims Act.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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The enhanced subsidies, which expanded eligibility both by lowering the percentage of household income people had to pay toward their care and removing an income cap, expired at the end of last year.—
Julie Appleby,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Russia has been seen modernizing its nuclear facilities, and in recent years, China has expanded its main test site by digging new tunnels.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2026
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Those investigators learned that Rich was standing in the intersection with his hands on his hips and was not armed when DeOrzio accelerated without a warning and struck him, Steele said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The pandemic, of course, accelerated a troubling trend of newspaper closures over the last 20 years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Takaichi’s hawkish approach to China has boosted her popularity.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
15 Feb. 2026
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The administration’s attacks on Lemon and independent journalists have boosted their online attention and revenue.—
Drew Harwell,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Augmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augmented. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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