amplifying

Example Sentences

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Sustained low consumer sentiment is attributed to a series of price shocks and modern media amplifying negative economic news.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

While ChatGPT and other AI tools may be amplifying the problem of cheating, technology has facilitated student cheating for some time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

New Jersey didn’t allow for the exemption until last spring, when then Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed legislation allowing for it—just before the tax bill amplifying the provision was passed.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Met Police chief Mark Rowley accused Polanski of amplifying "inaccurate and misinformed commentary" and Polanski later apologised for "sharing a tweet in haste".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

He wrote his reminder to himself in a heavy and decisive hand, amplifying it sharply with a series of coded punctuation marks and underlining the whole message twice, so that it read: Yossarian!

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller