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augmentation

[awg-men-tay-shuhn] / ˌɔg mɛnˈteɪ ʃən /


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“There is this augmentation of Martian energy, this feeling of needing to go up against an adversary, this feeling of needing to react quickly,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

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

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

“Material profit. Increase of knowledge. The augmentation of the complexity and intensity of the field of intelligent life. The enrichment of harmony and the greater glory of God. Curiosity. Adventure. Delight.”

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

“We had a colloquial term in the operating room: December Deductible Derby,” said Dr. Parcells, noting that patients seeking insurance-covered surgeries like breast augmentations have deductibles in mind.

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

Enter Ceesay’s Morrow, a cyborg with a mechanical arm and other technological augmentations, such as the ability to download a starship’s files into his brain.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

From this time to the conclusion of the Crimean War various augmentations took place, consequent on the increasing and widely extending duties thrown upon the officers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various




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