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aggrandize

[uh-gran-dahyz, ag-ruhn-dahyz] / əˈgræn daɪz, ˈæg rənˌdaɪz /


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“There was never looking for credit, never looking to aggrandize himself,” Rendell told AP.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Furthermore, Oklahoma’s Supreme Court refused to allow the lower court to aggrandize itself by apportioning, like a legislature, the $465 million to particular uses.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

It feels odd to talk about, because I don’t want to aggrandize myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

I do not aggrandize what I have or what I am.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018

Lorenzo, these are thoughts that make man Man, 110 The wise illumine, aggrandize the great.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward




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