augment
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And if you have $40,000, you could still guarantee a portion of it to augment your lifestyle above Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“What you can do is very successfully augment people with AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"This study follows our recent development of the drug candidate GHP-88310. It demonstrates that the drug is suitable to augment traditional ring vaccination against measles."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department was working Tuesday to get approval from the state to augment staffing and pre-deploy resources, said Mike Gray, a public information officer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Kendra pressed her hands over her ears, trying to augment the dampening power of the earplugs.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Johnny Moreno’s video and projection design artfully augments the production’s imaginative world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Everlab’s platform ingests and organizes documents and data from doctors, specialists and pathologists, compiling patient records that it augments with real-time data from users’ existing wearable devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
In other words, will AI be a force that replaces labor, or augments it?
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Novo’s cautious C-suite was ready to target Type 2 diabetes—an obvious choice, as GLP-1 augments insulin secretion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
“That’s amazing. My mother says they’re superhuman. Their second operation augments all their muscles and rewires their nervous system. And they’re so scary-looking, a lot of people just panic the first time they see one.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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The almost 400 interceptors that remain are augmented by a Greek army contingent with a Patriot missile battery and roughly 100 soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The urban aesthetic was augmented with a bluesy, funky score by composer Jim Lang, inspired by Thelonious Monk, Vince Guaraldi and Beck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
England's front four looks a natural fit, augmented by Chelsea's Morgan Rogers, while Liverpool's 18-year-old Rio Ngumoha will be an international contender for years to come.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Its Irish operations also include a virtual and augmented reality business in Cork and a data centre outside Dublin.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Write the augmented triad for each root given.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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In an interview with AFP last month, Banga said the private capital should be seen as augmenting, not replacing, development financing and that it is needed to address the developing world's vast financial needs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
County Fire Department is augmenting staffing by around 100 personnel on Thursday and Friday, according to department spokesperson Pauline McGee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Over the past several years, Uber has teamed up with at least 21 companies to work on augmenting its business with autonomous cars, trucks and delivery robots.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
So the use cases that I’m seeing now are much more about leaning in, creating opportunities, reducing friction, augmenting human labor and making people more and more effective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Diminishing and augmenting chords Wagner may have made his own, but they are all over Liszt’s daring, dark harmony.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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