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Example Sentences

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Simply use a bit more tomato paste than the recipe calls for to amp up the flavor.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

"Electric guitar, speakers, guitar pedals, a guitar amp, a trumpet, some sort of bongos, some pads for my computer music equipment," he recalls buying.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

This leverage can amp up bullish bets while markets are rising, but it can quickly sour during moments of turmoil, forcing investors to dump holdings to satisfy lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

While patients may not mind if doctors amp up the tests and use high-tech diagnostics, there’s a fine line between doing enough for patients and doing too much.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson