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augment

[awg-ment, awg-ment] / ɔgˈmɛnt, ˈɔg mɛnt /


Usage

What are other ways to say augment? Augment, a somewhat formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work). To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions.

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None of them augment it with their own.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Spending and savings data, as well, will augment the PCE inflation reading, with markets focused on solid data supporting the broader economic backdrop at the end of last month.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

“These investments offer somewhat predictable and consistent returns which are important to augment limited retirement income. Inflation is still the enemy, and its impact should be carefully weighed each time new investments are contemplated.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

If Washington imposed a 10% transaction fee on those bets, we would have about $40 billion to augment national investments in basic research, defense, life science and energy technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Howard wanted some mature horses to augment his fleet of juveniles.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

In other words, will AI be a force that replaces labor, or augments it?

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

Her new position as chargé d’affaires augments a career that includes senior roles in hostage recovery for the FBI and as ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras during periods characterized by social and political volatility.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

But if AI primarily augments tasks rather than replaces jobs, this approach misses the mark.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

The conscious design of “Severance” augments every layer of the show.

From Salon Jan. 17, 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

Some jobs will be automated, others will be "augmented".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Earlier this month, Snap, the maker of social media app Snapchat, announced its own new generation of smart glasses, called Specs, which will provide an augmented reality experience beyond what Meta offers.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Most smartglasses don’t yet have facial-recognition capabilities, but already they can use augmented reality to answer certain questions about what we see.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

“You don’t have any augmented reality overlaid in your home,” I say as I sit.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

His primary focus now, he says, is not on politics but on AI, which he has said is “like electrical current-invisible and augmenting almost every part of our lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

Blessedly, Season 3 makes room for glimpses into the locals’ lives beyond the hotel, augmenting the personal stakes for workers beyond the usual administrative staff whose prickliness co-stars in previous seasons.

From Salon Feb. 16, 2025

These questions point to an exciting potential for developing more adaptive training frameworks that not only focus on teaching AI but also on augmenting human capabilities to form future human-AI teams.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2024

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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