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magnify

[mag-nuh-fahy] / ˈmæg nəˌfaɪ /




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Starting a business has always carried risks, and those magnify at older ages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

AI can magnify the know-how that people already possess, Burning Glass Institute’s Sigelman said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

A single supermassive black hole can dramatically magnify a background star, but only when the alignment is almost perfect.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Troop commitments in the Middle East magnify the importance of Tokyo’s increasing military muscle in Asia.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

The spectacles have good lenses that magnify things: when I try them on, even French words look large and easy to read.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

“The Tristan Project” — created by video artist Bill Viola, director Peter Sellars and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney in 2004 — magnifies the rituals of life and death.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

When liquidity tightens, silver does not simply follow gold — it magnifies the move.

From MarketWatch Jan. 30, 2026

As in all sports novels, climbing offers the characters a framework for living, and Mr. Tallent magnifies every aspect of its metaphoric potential.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

In Janus materials, the strong coupling between layers magnifies this effect, allowing even extremely small forces to produce measurable strain.

From Science Daily Nov. 14, 2025

Some of them were very tall; many were dressed in white; and all had a sweeping amplitude of array that seemed to magnify their persons as a mist magnifies the moon.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The newer ETFs, however, were designed to hold shares in just a single company and allowed investors to pile on additional leverage that magnified gains or losses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

And with that veil ripped off, every emotion they didn’t let themselves feel, every word left unsaid, every last regret, all become instantly magnified, sprawling out before them on an endless road.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The impact is magnified, he argues, because Inverclyde has a population of just 78,000, having fallen by a fifth in the past 50 years.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Garrett’s influence could be magnified if Donald, a three-time defensive player of the year, ends a two-year retirement to pursue another Super Bowl ring.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

More than Dri and me, he picked up on any little shift in someone’s emotional state and magnified it.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

But on the edge of town, engineers peer through giant magnifying glasses while robotic arms manipulate sheets of copper to develop components used in some of the world's most advanced AI systems.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

But the order will leave its mark by magnifying the confusion many parents already face in making decisions about their children’s immunizations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

"I suppose you've got to be a bit nerdy," he says, explaining he takes a magnifying glass with him diving.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

As heavier dark matter particles accumulate in key regions, dark matter substructures become more effective at magnifying the light from distant background galaxies.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

I sighed and put down my magnifying glass.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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