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deepen

[dee-puhn] / ˈdi pən /




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Canada offered support Thursday to boost Ukraine's air defenses and help replenish its drone stocks, as the countries pledged to deepen their alliance during a visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

"We're incredibly grateful to the researchers for helping us uncover this new chapter in the stones' story and deepen our understanding of the people who shaped this landscape thousands of years ago," Mr. Scully said.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

“When a company intentionally chooses to deepen operational dependencies on strategic competitors, it fails to act as the reliable partner the American public and this DOT require,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

“They have follow-up questions. They want to understand not only what’s happening, but why it matters. These daily conversations are designed to deepen that relationship and make our journalism even more accessible.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

"This new understanding reshapes how we think about the structure of matter and deepens our knowledge of the most fundamental element that is responsible for the universe in its current form."

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

The soy sauce deepens it; the bacon crackles; the avocado cools everything down.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

The battle deepens the thorny debate within the administration over Chinese technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Victims are often cross-examined during the lengthy legal proceedings, which frequently deepens their sense of guilt, Tsang noted.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Fleetwood’s face deepens from pink to plum while the ambassador’s brow knits with confusion.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The divisions came back all too soon and only deepened in the next quarter-century.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

France is the world's second-largest wine producer after Italy, and this summer's heat and drought have deepened fears for many growers about how they will cope with climate change.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The deal deepened ties between the White House and the world’s largest chip designer, whose chief executive, Jensen Huang, speaks regularly with President Trump and advises him on AI policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Salesforce and Anthropic also deepened their relationship through a strategic partnership called “Claudeforce” on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

The shower deepened the calm of the woods, ticked through the new leaves, lightly wetted the seeds sheltered in the earth.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Yemen relapsed into war in July after years of relative calm punctured by sporadic violence and deepening poverty.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

They also said Walmart could position itself as a large source for advertising data, potentially deepening its relationship with ad agencies and other connected TV platforms.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The National Weather Service’s Bay Area office said in its Tuesday afternoon forecast that it expected cooler than average temperatures and a deepening marine layer to result in “improved overnight humidity recoveries through Friday.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

His visit came as Japan's deepening push into Asia's third largest economy has become increasingly more apparent.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Before I crawled into bed, I heard the muffled footsteps of the hoot-owl miners trudging through the deepening snow.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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