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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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"This suggests that repurposing medications that augment the function of dopamine-releasing neurons, including dopamine precursors and inhibitors of dopamine metabolism, could be a promising approach."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

Some older Tomahawk cruise missiles have been refurbished to try to augment weapons levels, according to one official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

Finally, Colonel Meecham began his descent, every step a deliberate one, tortoise-slow, designed to augment the impatience of his giddily avaricious offspring.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

Johnny Moreno’s video and projection design artfully augments the production’s imaginative world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The assets complement OCBC’s Indonesia franchise, particularly in wealth management, which is attractive in a low-interest-rate environment as it augments recurring income to cushion earnings as Singapore banks face NIM compression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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

England's front four looks a natural fit, augmented by Chelsea's Morgan Rogers, while Liverpool's 18-year-old Rio Ngumoha will be an international contender for years to come.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“We have invested thoughtfully in making computing more human with Specs augmented reality glasses and we are looking forward to sharing more at our September 16th launch event.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Some jobs will be automated, others will be "augmented".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Where I stay careful is in not letting the technology become the subject. The augmented reality by Snap’s AR Studio adds to the project, doesn’t take you away from it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

The little I made was augmented by help from Aunt Bushy and Uncle Piet.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Over the past several years, Uber has teamed up with at least 21 companies to work on augmenting its business with autonomous cars, trucks and delivery robots.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026

His primary focus now, he says, is not on politics but on AI, which he has said is “like electrical current-invisible and augmenting almost every part of our lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 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

These questions point to an exciting potential for developing more adaptive training frameworks that not only focus on teaching AI but also on augmenting human capabilities to form future human-AI teams.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

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

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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