strengthen
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The cuts will be automatic unless Congress acts first to strengthen the system.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Speaking at the event, Chief Executive Mike Doustdar said that, while the company will continue to strengthen its diabetes portfolio and expand the obesity pipeline, it was also time to further diversify the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
If the method can eventually be scaled beyond laboratory experiments, the researchers say it could contribute to U.S. energy security and strengthen industrial competitiveness.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Andy Burnham has hailed a deal between Denmark and the US to "strengthen security in the Arctic" after the two countries resolved a months-long feud over Greenland.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
After my mom leaves, I head straight to the gym with Will, wanting to strengthen my weak lungs as much as I possibly can.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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Boulter and Kartal were among a list of absentees from that squad - including Emma Raducanu, who is again missing through injury - but the pair's return to the line-up strengthens captain Anne Keothavong's side.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
As bitcoin strengthens, its relationship with the traditional stock market also has been changing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys in a post on X thanked allies "whose presence helps protect our skies and strengthens our security".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
In an earlier study, researchers at Leipzig University had already found that activation with AP503 also strengthens skeletal muscle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Nice white sugar ... when taken moderately cleans the blood, strengthens body and mind, especially chest, lungs and throat,” noted a physician in the 1500s.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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The expanded analysis strengthened the case that the unusual sediment structures were produced by earthquakes on both fault systems occurring close together in time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
U.S. stocks dropped, led by the Nasdaq composite, as U.S. bond yields jumped to their highest levels in nearly two decades and the dollar strengthened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Before a meeting of the Council next month, Infantino says he is also suggesting a consultation on "how Fifa's decision-making can be further strengthened".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
He said the company would instead invest in journalism that “is differentiated, consequential and difficult to replicate; reporting rooted in our communities and strengthened by sources, investigation, verification, context and judgment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
This strengthened the metal but turned it an ugly pinkish-copper color.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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A strengthening hurricane in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s coast has forecasters on high alert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The company still has an opportunity to demonstrate accountability by strengthening safeguards, improving transparency and taking concrete action to help prevent similar tragedies in the future."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"This study gives us real-world evidence about what separates a storm that is becoming organized from one that remains tilted and less capable of strengthening."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
A significant widening in profit margin—due to improved efficiency and the strengthening zloty against the dollar—also helped headline profit figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Listening to the rain plinking against the gravestones, I stared at our tarp roof that was swaying in the strengthening wind.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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