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enlarging

ADJECTIVE
increasing in size
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If true, that would mean aging fat tissue could continue growing not just by enlarging existing cells, but by constantly adding new ones.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

But if your elastic wrapping paper has a pattern on it, stretching it this way will distort the pattern, enlarging some parts and not others.

From Slate Jan. 21, 2026

Today, Philly Shipyard is central to President Trump’s goal of reviving American shipbuilding and enlarging the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

All cells there have the inmate’s name and photo posted outside, but staffers had to take the additional step of enlarging Girardi’s photo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

She didn’t know what the smell was but it was enlarging and she could almost see it, a foul brown cloud.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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