amplification
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Stark, discomforting amplification diminishes intimacy and the luxurious richness of Bullock’s soprano, which easily fills a room on its own, suggests quiet terror, the lonely state of Nina Simone’s “Images.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
Tiny speakers built into the frame’s temples deliver natural amplification in noisy environments, according to our testers with mild to moderate hearing loss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
The team's second Nature paper details another strategy for improving measurement: signal amplification.
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
A possible driver is "Arctic amplification" -- global warming reduces the temperature difference from the planet's low to high latitudes, weakening the winds that normally steer storms "like a cork in stream."
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
By the time an extreme amplification peaks out. an eyedropper of the victim’s blood may contain a hundred million particles of virus.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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