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enlarging

ADJECTIVE
increasing in size
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The governor also proposed a 14-week paid pregnancy disability leave for TK-12 and community college employees starting or enlarging their families.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But if your elastic wrapping paper has a pattern on it, stretching it this way will distort the pattern, enlarging some parts and not others.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

Today, Philly Shipyard is central to President Trump’s goal of reviving American shipbuilding and enlarging the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The x-height can be increased without enlarging all of the text.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

And so, as children grew, so did the danger of the Fire Swamp in their enlarging imaginations.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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