augment
Usage
Example Sentences
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“Chat a while longer, and your sandwich order may be augmented with little tastes of dishes that come up in conversation—a chunk of pork cheek, a few slices of cotechino sausage.”
He extended the bell idea with the jangly celeste, also known as a bell piano, and he augmented those bells with a small string ensemble, a choir and, at one point, even an electric guitar.
From Los Angeles Times
Cash holdings are falling and debt is rising, augmented by an $18 billion bond sale in September.
From Barron's
They claimed the $1.7 billion acquisition would unfairly augment Amazon’s lead in robotics and home devices.
Moreover, it could augment its bill purchases with short-term notes, he says.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
