augmentation
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In The Gambia, authorities have requested a 20 percent augmentation of their existing $172 million program, Kozack said, with a six-month extension and rephasing of access also in the cards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"But to truly unlock its potential, we need to better understand the right doses, long-term safety, and interindividual variability in response to NAD+ augmentation strategies."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
Elsewhere, careful augmentation of the guitar/bass/drum arrangements expands the emotional range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
Last week, Carvalho announced an additional one-time augmentation of $50 million into the Black Student Achievement Plan, or BSAP, for the 2025-26 school year, bringing funding to $175 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
In Estraven, for instance, one feels the man’s power as an augmentation of his character; he cannot make an empty gesture or say a word that is not listened to.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Among patients 66 and older, demand for breast augmentations, tummy tucks, arm lifts, thigh lifts and facelifts all increased by double digits.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Doctors say they’re fielding even more calls than usual to book appointments for face-lifts and breast augmentations during the winter months, as patients anticipate spring break, summer vacation, wedding season and the gala circuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Cybernetics professor Kevin Warwick is equally interested in studying augmentations, going one step further than most.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
But it also leaves La'an in an existential limbo since her genetic augmentations are inherited.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
With the recent augmentations of telescopic power, the details of the nebular theory, proposed by Sir W. Herschell with such courage and ingenuity, have been drawn in question.
From The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 by Edward Everett
Vocabulary lists containing augmentation
Music - Middle School
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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