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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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And if you have $40,000, you could still guarantee a portion of it to augment your lifestyle above Social Security.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

"This study follows our recent development of the drug candidate GHP-88310. It demonstrates that the drug is suitable to augment traditional ring vaccination against measles."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department was working Tuesday to get approval from the state to augment staffing and pre-deploy resources, said Mike Gray, a public information officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Despite the market’s concerns about the longevity of the current chip boom, Samsung still forecasts a major supply-demand deficit to persist into 2027, as growth in agentic AI augments the huge buildout of AI infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Everlab’s platform ingests and organizes documents and data from doctors, specialists and pathologists, compiling patient records that it augments with real-time data from users’ existing wearable devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

In a funky rendition of “Oh Happy Day,” for instance, the director augments the Sweet Inspirations’ original backing vocals with the newly recorded voices of a gospel choir from Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Novo’s cautious C-suite was ready to target Type 2 diabetes—an obvious choice, as GLP-1 augments insulin secretion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

“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

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

But where augmented surveillance tools might be troubling from a civil liberties perspective, they have unarguable safety benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

But the White House, nine days into Mr. Trump’s second term, explained that the drones were licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration for research and that local drone hobbyists had augmented the airborne fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The journey had become automatic: the sleep by day, hidden in underbrush and trees; the finding of water; the careful division of scraps of food, augmented by what he could find in the fields.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

Robotaxi companies are augmenting the real-world videos with training in simulated scenarios that help robotaxis deal with once-in-a-blue-moon cases, said Wang, the Pony AI executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

Blessedly, Season 3 makes room for glimpses into the locals’ lives beyond the hotel, augmenting the personal stakes for workers beyond the usual administrative staff whose prickliness co-stars in previous seasons.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

“That is our job to ensure that we’re providing that 911 service ongoing, on top of pre-deploying, augmenting and still responding to the Palisades fire.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025

Diminishing or augmenting chords does strange things to the way they behave.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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