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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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“Now that they’re here, it’s not a matter of taking out this non-native tree, but thinking how can we augment the space around it now to support life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

"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

“What you can do is very successfully augment people with AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The arts, however, can be used effectively to augment this method, motivating students and appealing to their innate artistry and humanity.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Curated by Hever’s Alison Palmer, Owen Emmerson and Kate McCaffrey, this extraordinary exhibition augments Hever’s “Rose Portrait” of Anne with personal objects and 37 other depictions, including 14 oil portraits on loan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

In other words, will AI be a force that replaces labor, or augments it?

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 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 almost 400 interceptors that remain are augmented by a Greek army contingent with a Patriot missile battery and roughly 100 soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

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

Listen closely to an augmented triad8 and a diminished triad9 .

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

In an interview with AFP last month, Banga said the private capital should be seen as augmenting, not replacing, development financing and that it is needed to address the developing world's vast financial needs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“We are seeing growing evidence that AI is augmenting workflows rather than cannibalizing them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

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

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

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

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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