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as in to increase
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
as the number of people with cell phones enlarges, more transmission towers will have to be built
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as in to expand
to make greater in size, amount, or number
with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house
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as in to liberate
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about
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Recent Examples of enlarge
Trump appears to driven by a desire to enlarge America on the map.
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Mujtaba Rahman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
So Great After baking with the heavy cream, the cinnamon rolls become extra enlarged, moist, and gooey.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
In essence, the Dukes had become the elite of the FCS, winning or playing for titles, spending more than $10 million on football, enlarging its on-campus stadium and even drawing ESPN’s GameDay to campus.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
This process wrecks kidney and heart tissue, causing the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to become stiffer, impeding circulation and setting the stage for clots.
—Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
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Mujtaba Rahman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
So Great After baking with the heavy cream, the cinnamon rolls become extra enlarged, moist, and gooey.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
In essence, the Dukes had become the elite of the FCS, winning or playing for titles, spending more than $10 million on football, enlarging its on-campus stadium and even drawing ESPN’s GameDay to campus.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
This process wrecks kidney and heart tissue, causing the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to become stiffer, impeding circulation and setting the stage for clots.
—Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlarge
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Research shows more adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, with incidence increasing over the last three decades.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
31 Jan. 2026
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When applied to the scalp, minoxidil increases blood flow and stimulates your hair follicles to regrow hair.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Jennie headlined Coachella as a solo artist while expanding her fashion ventures.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In recent years, auction houses have expanded their categories as luxury goods and collectibles have helped buoy their sales.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is a delicate, unexpectedly powerful slice of cinema literally unveiled, the filmmakers as liberated as the characters hope to one day be.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2026
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The deregulatory agenda, the most significant since President Ronald Reagan’s, has begun to liberate households and businesses from the dictates of Washington’s bureaucracy.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Growth in services consumption outpacing goods expenditure largely reflects rising average income levels and would likely have occurred even without policy support, said Duncan Wrigley, chief China economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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As the temperature rose, Mccullough said some workers clocked off at lunchtime, and other businesses closed early.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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By combining a strong regulatory framework with a dense airport ecosystem, the authority aims to accelerate the testing and deployment of advanced aviation technologies.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Dark Sky Lounge, an add-on, is a 30-minute sound and vibration-based therapy that is meant to accelerate muscle recovery and bring you into a deep state of relaxation—a perfect pre-treatment experience.—
David Duran,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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By smashing together heavy atoms of lead traveling at near-light speeds using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists can create a high-energy environment that briefly frees gluons and quarks from this atomic bondage, recreating the quark-gluon plasma of the early universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Though fumble recoveries are mostly about good fortune, the process of freeing the ball can often be technique-driven.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Other heart failure signs can include swelling, coughing, confusion, nausea and lack of appetite, according to the American Heart Association.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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This keeps the plastic wrap from swelling or even rupturing.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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From the wheel to yesterday’s AI agent, every invention has either augmented or replaced human actions.—
Carolyn Dewar,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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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
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“Enlarge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarge. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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