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augment

[awg-ment, awg-ment] / ɔgˈmɛnt, ˈɔg mɛnt /


Usage

What are other ways to say augment? Augment, a somewhat formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work). To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions.

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"This temporal window holds profound significance, as attaining such early detection would substantially augment the probability of cure and improved survival," highlight the researchers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

One of us worked side-by-side with Fed officials for a number of years on ways to augment the dot plot.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Long Beach will augment its normal emergency preparedness actions for the storm and continuous impacts from a potentially historic El Niño, city spokesperson Laath Martin wrote in a statement to the Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Exactly how much diesel those trucks are already displacing depends on how far they are driven, and whether they augment or replace existing vehicle fleets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Kendra pressed her hands over her ears, trying to augment the dampening power of the earplugs.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Curated by Hever’s Alison Palmer, Owen Emmerson and Kate McCaffrey, this extraordinary exhibition augments Hever’s “Rose Portrait” of Anne with personal objects and 37 other depictions, including 14 oil portraits on loan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Johnny Moreno’s video and projection design artfully augments the production’s imaginative world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

In other words, will AI be a force that replaces labor, or augments it?

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

The assets complement OCBC’s Indonesia franchise, particularly in wealth management, which is attractive in a low-interest-rate environment as it augments recurring income to cushion earnings as Singapore banks face NIM compression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

“That’s amazing. My mother says they’re superhuman. Their second operation augments all their muscles and rewires their nervous system. And they’re so scary-looking, a lot of people just panic the first time they see one.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer will deliver results and vote counts on an augmented reality set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The urban aesthetic was augmented with a bluesy, funky score by composer Jim Lang, inspired by Thelonious Monk, Vince Guaraldi and Beck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Adapted for TV: There will be the use of augmented reality, athlete headshots, win probabilities and projected finishing positions to develop viewer experience.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

This journal, which is eventually augmented by the daughter, makes up the book we are reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“One of the first things I put on my personal, augmented reality view was an unobstructed night sky,” Hideo says.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

In an interview with AFP last month, Banga said the private capital should be seen as augmenting, not replacing, development financing and that it is needed to address the developing world's vast financial needs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Preservation was part of the conversation when the two connected, but both were also focused on revitalization and augmenting the structure’s old-world charms with something fresh and modern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

Lewenstein believes AI’s true promise lies in augmenting, not automating, human capabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

His primary focus now, he says, is not on politics but on AI, which he has said is “like electrical current-invisible and augmenting almost every part of our lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

Diminishing and augmenting chords Wagner may have made his own, but they are all over Liszt’s daring, dark harmony.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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