thickened

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The differing conclusions of the two reports thickened the fog of uncertainty at the court, which has been operating without a chief prosecutor since Khan went on leave in May of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

In both cases, cartilage that had become thin and dysfunctional with age thickened across the joint surface.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

These included a mastectomy and lymph node procedure performed in 28 minutes, and an excision of benign thickened breast tissue in 10 minutes, "which the review team considered to have been unnecessary".

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

The water in front of me thickened into a shield.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan