aggrandizement

Example Sentences

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“Nor does Congress have the power to serve subpoenas ‘for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to punish those investigated.’”

From Washington Times

Who can criticize a Black man’s politics and aggrandizement.

From Washington Post

Sen. Patty Murray is the kind of politician who can be trusted to use her seniority for productive work, not personal aggrandizement or self-promotion.

From Seattle Times

Harnessing this anger for their own aggrandizement at the expense of others, however, is something that the Corinthian and Donald Trump, and all those who aspire to be like them, specialize in.

From Salon

The democratic distortions created by the high court’s aggrandizement are well known.

From Washington Post